by Cantor Matt Axelrod May 14, 2018 Number of comments0 Don’t Heed the Call New technologies provide us with fantastic opportunities to connect, communicate, and have instant access to the world around us. AsContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod April 27, 2018 1 What’s Your Name? Who’s Your Daddy? Names are serious business in Judaism. I think it all started in the Torah–all of the main characters’ names areContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod April 10, 2018 Number of comments0 The Kids are All Right Just when we go to all that trouble to get kids to come to services, we hurriedly rush them outContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod March 29, 2018 Number of comments0 Got Any Dip for These Chips? The Four Questions. Do any other three words strike as much fear into the hearts of little Jewish kids aroundContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod March 23, 2018 Number of comments0 Creating a Safe Space-Time The recent death of Stephen Hawking made me think of his famous work, A Brief History of Time. This bookContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod March 12, 2018 Number of comments0 It’s Snark Week One of the most important ways of understanding the Bible is to remember the saying of the Rabbis: דיברה תורהContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod March 7, 2018 Number of comments0 B-B-B-Bad to the Bone? You gotta hand it to those ancient rabbis–they sure knew how to tackle classroom management. In fact, we read aboutContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod February 5, 2018 2 Finger Puppets and Genocide Long ago, I think some corporate executives within the Organization of Jewish Religion decided that they had a ratings problem.Continue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod January 30, 2018 3 We Have Met the Deity–and He is Us. דע לפני מי אתה עומד Da lifnei mi atah omed Know before whom you stand These words commonly adornContinue Reading
by Cantor Matt Axelrod January 23, 2018 Number of comments0 The Blooper Reel: Not-So-Great Moments in Cantorial History Everyone loves watching the outtakes from a movie–sometimes presented during the credits or as part of the bonus features ofContinue Reading