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By Rabbi Shohama L’shanah tovah. This is the greeting we give each other at this time of year. May this year be a good year, or at the very least a year with much goodness in it. This salutation might be considered a prayer, a wish, a hope, or an …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. May 5781 dawn bright for you and your beloveds. Last night we introduced our High Holy Day theme of love to power our journey of teshuvah – returning to our best selves, each other and a world urgently needing repair. We explored how love‘s core impulse …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. Welcome to Jewish spiritual year 5781 – may it bring sweet goodness and health for all of us and our loved ones. Every Rosh Hashanah, Jews worldwide say that the new year is a year like no other, a creation unique in history, a seed of …
By Rabbi David What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of. What the …
By Rabbi David We’re on the High Holy Day “runway.” Watch the moon grow full during the first few days of August, …
Statement of Prayer and Solidarity Rabbi David Evan Markus Temple Beth El of City Island June 6, 2020 Dear friends, let us …
By Rabbi David It was so wonderful being with many of you during our Shavuot celebrations as we stood together at Sinai! It’s …
By Rabbi David We have no idea where Mount Sinai actually was. We don’t know where our spiritual ancestors stood together as one, …
One of many things I love about Torah is how earthy, real and embodied she is and aspires to be. The spirituality …
By Rabbi David Think back on the most awesome, sense-scrambling experiences in your life – the times that changed everything. If someone told you in advance …
