Divrei 5785

By Allan Kokin, September 20, 2025 Good Shabbos! In the immortal words of Sam Levenson, “Today I am a fountain pen!” Sam Levenson was a New York City high school

By Meyer Shwarzstein, September 13, 2025 | Elul 20 578 L’kavod Nishmat/In honor of Alex Shwarzstein Coincidences strike me as a quotidian revelation of miracles – and this one is no different.

By Sima and Michael Shimansky, August 30,2025 King or No King? Michael: Most of you know me from my role as a Gabbai, Torah Reader, and Shliach Tzibbur. I’ve been

By Scott Taryle, August 23, 2025 Since I was young, I was fascinated by the Jews. What little I knew about Judaism intrigued and appealed to me so much that

Anniversary D’var Torah—Parashat Eikev By Diane Herman, August 16, 2025 Three years ago, Larry and I were celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary and we were meant to give a joint

By Carl Sunshine, August 9, 2025 This week’s parsha is our second chance to hear a core teaching of Judaism, the 10 commandments. We shall try to examine how this

By Joel Elkins, July 19, 2025 What makes us who we are? It’s a fascinating question, and one that I will not be dealing with today. Instead, I’m going to

By Leora Weinstock, June 14, 2025 Shabbat shalom! I am so thankful to be sharing some words of Torah at my aufruf, in the community in which I grew up.

By Rabbi Judy Weintraub A story: It’s Mother’s Day over a decade ago. A man by the name of Carlos is driving up the freeway to visit his mother in

By Bob Braun, April 12, 2025 Shabbat Shalom When I began to prepare for this drash, last night, I read that on Shabbat Hagadol, it is customary the leading rabbi