The following is a sermon I delivered at Valley Temple on Friday evening, December 29th, 2023. In my work with wedding couples, I’ve...

There is a war raging in the Middle East. But there is also one being fought on social media. And they both scare me in equal measure. We...

“But what if it had been your family?” This is the question people always seem to ask when discussing the death penalty. What if YOU were...

As our societal awareness of mental health has grown, so too has an industry focused on selling us the best ways to take care of our...

“You stand on the shoulders of giants.” This was a popular refrain in my youth group growing up, and I believed it. I looked up to and...

There are a LOT of self-help books out there. This does beg the question: if the books are any good, why do we need so many? It seems...

The following is a sermon delivered on April 21st, 2023 at the Valley Temple in Wyoming, Ohio. This week’s Torah portion,...

During the hardest parts of the COVID shutdown, my wife and I watched a lot of stand-up comedy. There was something refreshing about...

Books on personal growth are as popular as ever, likely because it is pretty darn difficult to be a human being in the modern world....

If at all possible, I like to read the book before I watch the TV or film adaptation of a project. If I see the video content first, I...

Ritual is an essential component of Judaism. Zionist essayist Ahad Ha’am famously said “more than Israel has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has...

I so badly wanted to like this book. In fact, I am, in many ways, trying to WRITE this book. But Why Do Jewish: A Manifesto for 21st...

Jacob is the last of our major patriarchs in Judaism, and his death closes the book of Genesis. Throughout his story, we see a...

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America was an uncomfortable book to read. And that was kind of the point. I’ve read some of...

We’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but are we allowed to judge a book by its title? Because We Need New Stories, by Nesrine...

Different people approach the Bible with different needs. Some read the book in order to learn the history of our people (reading the...

When the original Black Panther came out, it instantly became my favorite Marvel movie. The hero was a badass, the action was...

We aren’t supposed to play favorites, but I think Genesis is the best book in the Bible. There is so much nuance to each of the stories,...

Abraham finished last week’s Torah portion with a self-operated circumcision, so it would make sense that this week, in Parashat Vayera,...

What do you create next after you’re done making the greatest cinematic conclusion in the history of entertainment? Marvel Studios is...