Category: Rabbi’s Turn

By Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Kavana Cooperative Although the month of Elul is my busy season as a rabbi, I really love this time of year. For me, R

By Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz, West Seattle Torah Learning Center I'm a story junkie. As a child I was always an avid reader and I haven't lost my

By Rabbi James L. Mirel , Temple B'nai Torah The Book of Jonah (read as the Haftarah on Yom Kippur afternoon) is a constant source of wisdom and

By Rabbi Alan Cook, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Last year, Temple De Hirsch Sinai undertook a precious task. For the first time in our congregation's h

By Rabbi Zari Weiss, Rodef Tzedek As some of you know, Jewish tradition prescribes that we recite at least 100 blessings a day — blessings that,

By Rabbi Levi Backman, Chabad of Whatcom County On June 20, Jews around the world will commemorate 68 years since the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Me

By Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum , Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation when God spoke the words of the Ten Commandments to our entire people at Moun

By , "Open for me an opening as big as the eye of a needle and I will open up for you an opening as wide as a grand hall." — Yalkut Shimoni Time

By Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Kol HaNeshamah For the past nine years, Seattle has been home. My eyes gaze toward the majesty of Mt. Rainier, the bea

By Rabbi David Fine, Union for Reform Judaism If Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the time when we search for answers, then Passover is the time w

By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, Hillel at the University of Washington My grandmother escaped from Russia hiding under a pile of hay in a horse- drawn wa

By Rabbi Bernard Fox, Northwest Yeshiva High School I have stopped watching television news. I carefully select the articles I read on the Web. As

By Rabbi Cindy Enger, Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham As the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, we may find ourselves musing about who we wi

By Rabbi Mordechai Farkash, Director, Eastside Torah Center I am one of 17 children (Thank God) and most of us, except for perhaps one or two, hav

By Rabbi Jill Borodin, Congregation Beth Shalom This Shabbat, February 6—7, we will celebrate a special Shabbat: Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of S

By Rabbi Daniel Septimus , Temple De Hirsch Sinai We are told about a 10-year-old whose father was driving him home from religious school. The fat

By Rabbi Shalom Ber Levitin, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah — Lubavitch, Regional Director, Chabad of the Pacific Northwest I will always remem

By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Temple B'nai Torah This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, said the Lo

By Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation A few weeks ago, I was privileged to see a wonderfully rich film about the life and teachings of Rabbi Yosef

By Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am As I looked up at the beautifully appointed sign posted on Denny Way in downtown Seattle, I could not hel