RJ Blog

This past weekend, my wife Helene and I had a chance to see the Reform Movement at its best and got to do so while also listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Mozart and Ravel. On Friday night, we went to Tanglewood (the summer home of the Boston Symphony  Orchestra on beautiful grounds in Lenox, MA). The concert started at 8:30. At 6:00pm, more than 100 Reform Jews had gathered on the Tanglewood lawn for a picnic supper, and at 7:30, for Shabbat services. Most of the attendees were congregants from Hevreh of the Southern Berkshires, a wonderful and [...]

My wife Helene and I were invited to attend a celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House yesterday. We have lived in Washington  for many years, taken our kids on the standard White House tour, and have driven past the building countless times, but this was the first time either of us have ever been inside the building in the places tourists can’t go. It was a remarkable experience for us on two levels. First, simply being in the building itself was truly awesome. We entered through the East Wing and had a chance to see many [...]