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Hey friends… two great opportunities to hang out in Las Vegas. Join me for a 25-mile gentle bike ride, Sunday, April 5th at 9:30....

This week as our P’nai Tikvah online prayer group collected our thoughts, one of the undertones was the growing fear that the American...

I have been thinking a bit about our Judeo-Christian religious landscape in this country. Two weeks ago, we gathered to celebrate...

(From a drash given at P’nai Tikvah in Las Vegas 6/7/19) Tonight, I want to talk about God….  Not to go all “holy roller” on you but...

As I write it is early morning and I am on BART headed to San Francisco. The full train is silent with people half awake. The woman...

Hanukkah, the Jewish Feast of Dedication, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day festival beginning on the 25th day of the...

It is always interesting to me how a text can be interpreted so differently depending on the perspective of the listener. In this week’s...

The New York Times recently published a list of five new books that touch on issues of American Jewish identity.  The focus of the books...

(11/2/18, Congregation P’nai Tikvah) It has been a long week and as Rabbi Mintz wrote in our communication to the community, last shabbat...

Lately it feels like the political scene overwhelms everything. Last night I said that God can be sensed when you look into the eyes of...

“The prophet Isaiah said: “Seek God where He is found, call on Him when He is close.” Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the orthodox former...

I am spending much of my summer thinking about the purpose of public prayer.  What do we hope to accomplish when we come together and...

As part of my rabbinic training I am learning to deepen my daily prayer practice. My initial motivation was the graduation requirement to...

I spend a lot of time in my car between San Ramon and Los Angeles.  Lately I’ve been listening to the podcast Judaism Unbound .  Judaism...

How do we bring Jewish ideas and ethics off our bookshelves and make them come alive to inspire our lives today?  Sometimes inspiration...

Our Torah portion this Shabbat was  Trumah .  Trumah is often taken as “to contribute” but the root of the word is reysh-vav-mem which...

Note from Jamie:  I am profoundly moved by the article below and the editorial found here –  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/w...

I am sitting on the BART train writing my sermon for yizkor on Yom Kippur.  Yizkor , meaning “he will remember” is the service where we...

If you are looking for something different for the upcoming High Holidays, please join me and Congregation P’nai Tikvah in Las Vegas...

Join with the Congregation Beth Emek Sisterhood for an evening exploring women’s rituals to support the modern lives we lead today.  What...