"Stump the Rabbi" -- in honor of Yom Ha-Atzma'ut, Israel's Independence Day

Periodically, here at the United Synagogue of Hoboken, we like to play a game we could call “Stump the Rabbi.”  The rules are simple:  peopl...

Thoughts on Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Below are some thoughts, adapted from my remarks from the 8th day of Passover, focusing on ...

Seder Trivia Game - 2012 edition

This year's installment of the Seder Trivia Game. 3 unusual stories of Pesach in the news .... two are true, one is false. (If you follo...

Thinking of the Book of Job, at Robinson's Arch in Jerusalem

USH Trip to Israel at Robinson's Arch, Jerusalem, summer 2009 A Visit with Job at the Kotel (adapted from Rabbi Scheinberg’s sermon on Y...

Seder Trivia - Round 2

At our synagogue's congregational seders for the last few years, we have played the following game:  I have collected stories of unusua...