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Excitement
by Rabbi Misha
Last week I was sitting by a river in the intense moonlight, when I realized two things…
Meet Daphna
by Rabbi Misha
We are excited to collaborate these holidays with musician and prayer leader Daphna Mor and the Beineinu community.
Stillness And Motion In Teshuvah
by Rabbi Misha
Today is the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, which marks the beginning of the season of Teshuvah.
On That Night
by Rabbi Misha
Some history of, and a poem by the great Jerusalem poet, Zelda.
On This Week's Death Penalty
by Rabbi Misha
After Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in 1962, several prominent Jewish intellectuals and artists wrote to President Ben Zvi a letter urging him to commute the sentence.
This Week in Israel
by Rabbi Misha
A few people have reached out to me with concern and questions over this week's events in Israel. Here's a summary of events, with some reflections.
Living With Disaster
by Rabbi Misha
This message won’t be helpful. I will suggest a positive, even a wonderful outcome of certain disasters.
Scratched Consciousness and Subversive Scribes
by Rabbi Misha
Several times a day a walk by the Torah scroll in my closet. It took some time to get used to living with it, getting over the fear of something happening to it, of being in the constant presence of such a revered, holy object. Holiness comes with a certain degree of intensity.
Demanding Answers from God
by Rabbi Misha
I’ve learned a tremendous amount from thirteen-year-olds these five weeks.
The Empty Space
by Rabbi Misha
On Wednesday morning I joined the Shul’s Meditation Chevrutah for the weekly meditation.
Alive and Wrestling
by Rabbi Misha
I walk into a classroom at the Cobble Hill branch of our Hebrew school and find 9 eleven and twelve year olds singing Hineh Ma Tov.
The End Has Dawned
by Rabbi Misha
Before I say some words about the end times, I'd like to thank all the artists, technicians, designers, curators, activists, prayer leaders, producers and directors of the Kumah Festival.
The Politics of Antisemitism
by Rabbi Misha
Last year a 14-year-old student told me how a video that he posted on social media went viral. The reason: he was wearing his Jewish star necklace.
Grief Demands Company
by Rabbi Misha
This past Tuesday was Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. On Monday, The New Shul will join with dozens of other organizations to sponsor the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony, and on Tuesday we will celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day.
Prayers From Rikers
by Rabbi Misha
“My son plays soccer right over there,” Shira told us as she drove us into the parking lot on route to Rikers Island. She parked the car, and our small delegation of rabbis and activists picked up our passes that will allow us to drive over the bridge and enter the jail.
