So why do we fast on Yom Kippur?
To follow in the footsteps of our parents and grandparents. To affirm our connection with our community and our people.…
Category: Social Justice
What Can I Say? Fostering Civic Engagement from the Pulpit
[This blog was posted on the Central Conference of American Rabbis’ RavBlog.] The Talmud teaches, “With words world are created…”…
Becoming a Southern Jew
August 5th marked twenty years since I arrived in Charlotte. By sheer coincidence, I spent my twentieth anniversary of becoming…
Mastering the Art of Loving our Neighbor
I am honored to be a TEDx Charlotte finalist. If all goes well, I’ll get to be on stage on…
On Valentine’s Day and everyday, show you don’t love only when it’s easy
[From the Charlotte Observer, February 14, 2018. Rabbi Schindler is a Contributing Editor for the Observer Editorial Board.] On Valentine’s…