Rabbi Dov Fischer
We never give up hope
November 18, 2016
As this week’s portion begins, Abraham is visited by three men.
The case for Donald Trump: Voting for the judiciary
November 4, 2016
I am disgusted — as a law professor, an attorney, a father of daughters, and as a rabbi — by the abuse of women that marks this election cycle.
Torah portion: Not just wandering–living, Parashat Matot-Masei (Numbers 30:2-36:13)
July 15, 2015
In this week’s double Torah portion, we read in Chapter 33 of Bamidbar (Numbers) about the many dozens of stopping points where the Jews encamped in the Sinai Desert during our people’s four decades’ sojourn from Egypt to Israel.
Have You Heard the Latest? Gossip Has a Dark Side
April 23, 2015
In the second half of this week’s double Torah portion, we encounter a disease that may be called “biblical leprosy.”
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