Rabbi's Corner

Read the Rabbi's Kol Nidre Sermon here

Thank you to everyone who helped make Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at Temple Shalom so special and successful.   To all of those who joined me on the bima to lift us up with music: Jodie, Ava, Jenn, Jamey, and Anat. Bob Chodos, for organizing an ever-growing...

Read the Rabbi's Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Sermon here

Read the Rabbi's Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon here.

A little behind-the-scenes of preparing for the High Holy Days for you. On Sunday morning, as the Canadian government announced, as expected, their formal recognition of a Palestinian state, I imagined groans going up from the home of every rabbi in the country....

Earlier this week, while driving, I heard a CBC story about one of the films premiering this week at TIFF, A Life Illuminated. This documentary tells the story of marine biologist Edie Widder, who studies bioluminescence in the twilight zone of the ocean. Widder made...

As our calendar turns to both Elul (the Hebrew month leading up to the High Holidays) and to September, we are ready and poised for new beginnings, for change, for learning. For many in our community, September brings the start of a new school year, whether you are...

Since moving to Hamilton, I've become a big fan of the Ontario Storm Watch Facebook page. Their updates have gotten me through winter snow, summer thunderstorms, and alerted me to the tornado warning near Shai's summer camp. However, I certainly wasn't expecting the...

As individuals, as communities, as a people, we learn from the stories of our past - sometimes in ways that help us, sometimes in ways that set us up to expect the same outcome, rather than imagining a new future. In this week's Torah portion, Matot-Masei, we hear a...

This week, the government released the results of a survey compiled earlier this year about antisemitism in Ontario's K-12 schools. I know the statistics and stories shared here include the experiences of young people in our community. If you haven't looked at this...