For the past eight years I’ve lived in Georgia, I would say conservatively, I spend at least two minutes a day, four days a week, stuck at the traffic light at the intersection of Johnson Ferry and Roswell Road. So, I finally decided to do the math. 2 minutes x 4 days x 52 weeks Continue Reading »
As I drank my $6.99 Diet Coke at the ball game the other night, I had somewhat of a revelation. Earlier that day, I had gone out for lunch and spent $2.50 for the same Diet Coke. A few days prior, I had spent $20 to buy 48 cans of Diet Coke at the grocery Continue Reading »
“Cheers” is the place where “everybody knows your name.” But places like Cheers are getting harder and harder to find. I don’t need to tell you that there has been a major shift in the way that Americans have become consumers. Once upon a time, you would visit and support a small business not because Continue Reading »
This past Sunday Amy bought us tickets to see Beauty and the Beast at the Marietta Performing Arts Center (at Marietta High School). She saw an ad for the show hanging up in Marietta Square and thought it would be a good activity for the kids to stay cool during an otherwise hot week. Continue Reading »
Walking down the main aisle in Target, I spotted a more senior congregant. We had not seen one another in some time. We saw one another, smiled widely, laughed for joy, and embraced. I then turned to my right. At the very same time not five feet away there was a younger woman with her Continue Reading »
There are many lessons that we can take away from Purim. But the one that I’ve always been partial to is the importance of learning to “let go.” We all have that one thing. A painful memory. A person who treated us badly. Days, or even years later, it continues to nag us. Most Continue Reading »
I was driving toward a traffic light on East Cobb Drive the other day when a woman in a black Maserati SUV backed into my car. She had tried to make a right turn, pulled halfway into the intersection, and then decided that she didn’t have enough time. As she backed up rather quickly, I Continue Reading »
There are many reasons why I keep my own personal political beliefs close to the chest. First and foremost is because I do not want anyone to believe that a particular sermon I give or a stance that our synagogue takes is rooted in my own personal politics. Instead of letting politics guide us, I Continue Reading »
So, first thing is first. I know that parents are told never to lie to their kids. I want to apologize to Zev and Haley, and maybe to some of you too, by saying I was going to New York when I was really going to Israel. But I want to assure you that I had Continue Reading »
Rosh Hashanah 5784: Be-naareynu U-vizukunaynu: Moving Forward Together This past year has been one of two major milestones in my life. The first is a milestone birthday that reminds me how old I’ve become since I arrived at Etz Chaim. No one tells you when you are in your 30s that your body and your Continue Reading »
