Rabbi Don Weber | “Rabbi, do you believe in the Bible or in science?” >>
Date: 2014-08-04 | Id: rdw36

After years of our students asking me questions on everything from why people die to what I like about cats, this year nine students asked me this question about science and the Bible. Nine!

My Rabbi Died This Week >>
Date: 2014-06-20 | Id: rdw37

I have been fortunate – blessed, actually – to have had many rabbis in my life. I don’t just mean someone who is a rabbi, but someone who has been rabi u-mori, my rabbi and my teacher.

JULY 2014 >>
Date: 2014-06-05 | Id: rdw38

In June, 1984, I became the rabbi of Temple Rodeph Torah. At the time we were meeting in the “cafetorium” of the Asher Holmes School in Morganville, Bar and Bat Mitzvah services were held wherever we could find a place, and 66 families made up the entire TRT community.

The Son Who Doesn’t Know Enough to Ask >>
Date: 2014-04-03 | Id: rdw39

Here’s a bad, old Jewish joke... Eleven-year old David comes home from school and says, “Guess what, mom – I got a role in the school play!”
“That’s wonderful!” his mother says. “What part did they give you?
“I’m the Jewish husband,” answers David...

Say NO to Academic Boycott of Israel | Newsletter Article >>
Date: 2014-01-02 | Id: rdw40

Not everything bad that happens to Jews is anti-Semitic. But some things are.

Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em | Benayim, January 2014 >>
Date: 2013-12-17 | Id: rdw41

Once a year, for our anniversary, Shira and I go to Atlantic City. Since our anniversary is in March and our day off is Tuesday, we get a very nice hotel room for almost nothing. We make up for the discount room with a dinner for two in one of the really excellent restaurants which dot the casino hotels.