I wish my daily life as a congregational rabbi were filled with study, learning, and teaching. This is what rabbis did historically. But...

Time to stop digging our graves When the path forward seems impossible, and there is no option to turn back…it is the job of the adults...

It is hard to be a Jew right now. Everywhere I look, negativity is thrown our way. And our history is being revised by outside forces....

Who is honored? Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Ancestors, which we teach at this season traditionally, teaches “Who is honored? The one who...

Happy Passover! May your meal and storytelling inspire you to use your energy to make our world a better place: A meal with a purpose....

Of course you do! We all live in a non-Jewish majority nation. Most everyone I interact with when I leave the door of my home is not...

I am beyond upset. I am devestated. I am Israeli. I love Israel. I also love Palestinians and have long believed that both peoples...

All over the world, when the moon is full in the month of Adar, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim. It is a remembrance and celebration...

Pacific Northwest Zionism: Healing Through Connection to the Land. I grew up in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, the indigenous homeland...

I am not teaching in this course but I am involved in organizing and designing this course as a leader of the Washington Coalition of...

Tonight at sundown, which by us is 4:22 pm, we will light the first candle of the menorah. We are bringing in Hanukkah 5784. We have been...

I have felt as if on mute the last month or so. I keep trying to write a blog post and then set it aside. I have been seeking the right...

Dear Kol Ami members and friends, I am devastated. Over the weekend, as we were dancing and celebrating our Torah, hundreds of Israelis...

Simchat Torah is THIS Saturday at 10:30am and Torah Study Bagel Brunch is at noon. Both are at Kol Ami in Kirkland. You do not need to...

Teshuva can mean to make amends: to do better, put right. This is one of our personal tasks at this season. Especially now during the 10...

We enter the new year of 5784 on Friday, September 15th as the sun sets. Register here for a seat at High Holdays. We require...

Rosh Hodesh Elul, the new month of Elul, is the last new moon of the year 5783. The next new moon will be Rosh HaShanah. This month of...

Shalom! I am inviting you to get involved in the Israeli pro-democracy movement. Even if it is just for the learning and keeping up to...

We just returned home from a quick trip to URJ Camp Kalsman in Arlington, Washington. Seth and I both had campers up at our local Reform...

The goal: To welcome people who are not Jewish into our community this Shabbat. Exposure! Connections! Demystifying! Sharing of our...