“Aizeh hu gibor? Who is strong?” asked Rabbi ben Zoma in Pirkei Avot, “hacoveysh et yiztro, the one who controls his passions.” Carl Herbet was physically strong, streetwise and a tough guy, but his nature was not tough.

Carl Herbet, father of Marilyn Pinsker, passed away very early Sunday morning at Manor Care.

As our traditional three weeks of mourning culminated with Tisha b'Av and its commemoration of destruction last Saturday night, our nation is still reeling from the horrors of yet more unbearable acts of gun violence, at least one motivated by racial hatred.

Please join us tonight, July 19, in prayer and song to bring in Shabbat. All are welcome!

After a bit of break, A Dash of Drash is back with Episode 95 - Water, Manna, Cloud recorded live at Ramah in the Rockies with special guest Rabbi Noah Farkas from Valley Beth Shalom in Los Angeles.

Sylvia Wohl, mother of Stephanie Greenberg, died very early the morning of July 4th, 2019 at Balfour Retirement Community.

Our music is ascending to a new level at Bonai Shalom - and I am not talking volume!  Please join us THIS FRIDAY, June 21 in prayer and song to bring in Shabbat.

The space beyond words is no words. Silence. We so need more of it in this loud, chattering world.

Tillie Singer (Tobi Rivkah bat Shmaryahu), passed away very peacefully on the morning of May 7, 2019 in Maryland at the age of 103.

A group of us gathered around a table strewn with five different types of matzah, many bottles of wine and lots of Kosher for Pesach leftovers in the last moments of the final day of Passover. 

As well as the Season of Freedom, Passover is also known as the Festival of Spring (chag haAviv).

Communities can be complex because people are complex. It is so easy to judge, to dismiss, even to diagnose others without the skills, knowledge or right to do so!

Hazan Sabrina Sojourner is a spiritual leader, cantor, activist and writer based in Maryland. As a Jew of Color, Sabrina reflects on those inside and outside the camp and how, ultimately, we all belong.

Our music is ascending to a new level at Bonai Shalom - and I am not talking volume!  Please join us THIS FRIDAY, March 29 in prayer and song to bring in Shabbat.

I had the honor to spend some time with Professor Danny Matt and to record this conversation, giving us a taste of Kabbalah, gently opening up the supernal world of Jewish mysticism.

Barbara Price (Bracha bat Matan v'Sima), mother of Liz Marlowe, passed away on Shabbat March 9, 2019.

Margot Goldman, mother of Michelle Goldman, passed away Friday, February 22, 2019, just a day shy of her 88th birthday.

had the incredible honor of being on a writing retreat in Santa Fe last week with Natalie Goldberg and Rob Wilder called "A Sense of Place" ...

Sinai and the Power of Myth is Episode 88 of A Dash of Drash.

Torah and the Blues with Special Guest Joey Weisenberg is Episode 87 of A Dash of Drash.

Pharaoh's Heart, Our Hearts is Episode 86 of A Dash of Drash with Special Guest Rabbi Elyse Frishman, editor of Mishkan T'filah, the Reform Siddur published in 2007.

Singing through Chaos with Special Guest Rabbi Aviva Richman, recorded live at BJ in New York, is Episode 85 of A Dash of Drash.

Vayechi  (Genesis 47:28 - 50:26) means "and he lived" and is the last parsha of the first book of Torah. 

And Judah approached Joseph - vayifgash alav. 

A selection of some spoken word poetry written over the last month in Alabama, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Krakow, Berlin and Prague.