From the Rabbi’s Desk – Archive

The Indianapolis Jewish Community has joined with Jews from all over the world in praying for the safe return of the three teenagers kidnapped in Israel. Together we raise our ...

Moving has some very big up-sides, and some very big down-sides. Schlepping boxes of files – OMG! And looking at notes from years ago – maybe not all that bad. Shabbat ...

Often I have heard people say that in order to live a good and proper life, all one has to do is to follow the 10 Commandments. Now, leaving aside ...

The above line from Thumper demonstrates that the fictional character truly understood the importance of the Biblical injunction to not hurt people with words. In many ways Jewish law equates ...

As we enter the commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, we take a moment to reflect on all the vile and tragic events that have befallen our ...

Franz Kafka is perhaps one of the most Jewish of all writers. This is, in part, because Kafka understood that one of Judaism’s recurring themes is that reality is the ...

As I am writing this, one of my daughter’s cats is dying. By the time you read this, Benji will most likely have died. Benji’s death is not a tragic ...

March 14, the Shabbat preceding Purim, is known as Shabbat Zachor. On this Shabbat an extra portion of the Law is read that begins with the phrase, `Remember what Amalek ...

“There Is Nothing Either Good Or Bad, But Thinking Makes It So” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet I have become a great fan of anti-depressants. Better living through chemistry. Well, the living ...