As April draws to a close, I’m reflecting on my first four months as a member of the Writer’s Circle of The Wisdom Daily. I am reminded that last April I cross-posted an article I wrote for TWD to this blog, which their editorial staff had titled, A New Jersey Rabbi & Rumi. This year, I’m delighted to share my April 2026 TWD article, which includes 2 poems that I wrote in honor of the…
Rabbi's Message
In the afternoon on March 30th, just before the start of National Poetry Month, I was waiting nervously to be invited to share a poem I’d written about being the new rabbi here at CBT. For me, offering divrei torah, words of Torah, or iyyunei tefilah, insights about the prayers, from the bima at CBT is a cake-walk compared to offering a poem in a Zoom room of poets, even though I’ve spent countless hours…