Author: Barry Leff

A Blessing for Captain James T. Kirk, a.k.a. William Shatner, on the occasion of his first flight into space Captain

The Shabbat I just experienced here in Jerusalem highlighted for me two of the things I love about Jerusalem. The

The Quran refers to Jews as “People of the Book,” but the truth is we are really “People of the

(Photo by Robby Berman)Today is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat that falls during aseret yemei hateshuvah, the Ten Days of Repentance. It’s also

This is the talk I gave on the first day of Rosh Hashanah at Temple Beth El in Las Cruces,

Tisha b’Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.  We