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"Teach us to count our days rightly, That we may obtain a wise heart." Psalm 90:12     Recently my extended family gathered for a ...

            Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offers this week on Ki Tisa an wonderful reflection on the nature of rabbinic leadership in his study of A...

This sermon is dedicated in memory of Scott Peck who passed away last year and struggled his adult life with serious mental illness. May h...

Posted on Facebook by an Israeli: “Dear Egyptian rioters, please don't damage the pyramids. We will not rebuild. Thank you.” This brief ...

Jacob's Bucket List In this week's portion, Vayigash, Jacob is told by his sons, "Joseph is still alive; yes, he is ruler over...

Past Good Deeds Reappear Rabbi Dov Gartenberg Genesis 12:8. And he (Abraham) moved from there to a mountain in the east of Beth-E...

On the 15th Anniversary of the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin "You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory en...

Greater is Hospitality to Wayfarers than Receiving the Divine Presence. Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, Parshat Vayera 10/22/10 14 Heshvan, 5771 This...

Two Rich Sources of Torah Insight for 5771/2010-11 Rabbi Gartenberg Each year, as the Torah reading cycle starts anew I try to set aside tim...

Followup about Facebook I came across this new computer application yesterday which caused me to laugh. "Anti-Social is a neat little p...

The Apikorus of Vilna: The Middle Ground for Religious and Cultural Jews Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, 12/13/08, Temple Beth Shalom of Long Beach In...

The Synagogue and the Secular Jew: The Challenge of Being Spiritually Relevant in a Skeptical Time: Summary-Jews are the most secular ...

America’s Days of Awe Rabbi Dov Gartenberg Delivered 10/9/08 on Yom Kippur, 5769 Please understand that I offer the following words accordin...