He died about two weeks ago. About six or seven years ago, I got the opportunity to see Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at Radio City Music...

It's hard to believe it's the middle of July already, and I hope you are enjoying the summer. On Tuesday evening, July 18, from 6:00 -...

Hope you are enjoying the summer (aside from the smoke from the Canadian wildfires for those of you in its path). I’m teaching a...

Save the Date Jaclyn Piudik and I are excited to announce that The Writer’s Center will host a VIRTUAL reading featuring our book,...

I’m teaching a VIRTUAL Memoir Writing Class for the Marlene Meyerson JCC. It runs for six weeks, from Monday, November 7 through Monday,...

Writing Is Hell I’ve been watching Barry on HBO. Barry | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com Bill Hader (@billfreakinghader) •...

Somehow, it’s October. I don’t really know how it happened. Well, I do. I’m getting older, and time is moving quickly. And the Jewish...

Meditation as Prayer, Prayer as Meditation I do a guided meditation almost every morning. Here’s how it usually goes: I start to settle...

I’m excited and honored to announce that my poem “Are We Like That First Fall Day?” has been published on Thewiseowl.com. It also...

I’m learning to like yellow. Not love, mind you, just like. That’s a big accomplishment for me. For years, okay, pretty much forever,...

I’ve started to think about the garden and the growing season. My father loved his garden and couldn’t wait until the weather was warm...

Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, (1865-1935), one of the fathers of religious Zionism, said in a conversation with a Jewish sculptor, “When I...

I’ve been thinking about failure these days. I owe it to an interview with a man who is a glassblower. The interviewer asked, “What is...

I’ve been working on a long poem. And by long, I mean around 30-40 pages. My father died ten years ago. I stopped writing about six...