blogs/rabbi-ed-feinstein

It's complicated.

If you've ever tried to explain being Jewish to an outsider, it's complicated.

You're sitting on an airplane, and the fellow sitting beside you sees you're reading a Jewish book  and he asks you, Excuse me, but could I ask you something: Are you Jewish?

Yes, very much so.

I'm Christian. I love my church. I go every Sunday. You must go to synagogue every Saturday?

No, not...Read more...

This is the first holiday in 45 years that Rabbi Harold Schulweis will not be on the bima. In his memory we offer this sermon.

Elie Wiesel offered a parable about our times:

Once upon a time, Man complained to God: “You have no idea how hard it is to be human -- to live a life darkened by suffering and despair in a world filled with violence and destruction, to fear death and worry that nothing we do or create or dream...Read more...

Torah Study: September 5, 2015 with Rabbi Ed Feinstein from Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue on Vimeo.

Torah Study: August 8, 2015 with Rabbi Ed Feinstein from Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue on Vimeo.

Torah Study: June 13, 2015 with Rabbi Ed Feinstein from Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue on Vimeo.