Kirk Zachary

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Oct 22, 2024, 8:11 PM

The Bookends of Creation…Imitation Dei

Who wrote the Bible? God or Divinely inspired men? How long is a day without the sun and the moon to mark the passage of time? The answers to these questions are unknowable. I don’t know who authored the...

Oct 12, 2023, 3:29 PM

I Have Been Wrong About Creation

is a wonderful lesson in Jewish continuity: Despite the horrible war being fought for the survival of Israel, it will soon be Shabbos and we will once again ready the Torah portion. In fact, this Saturday is Shabbot Bereshit and...

Sep 29, 2022, 4:44 PM

I grew up in the Coney Island Housing Projects in the 1950s and was Bar Mitzvah in 1964. My parents were not observant Jews but the Synagogue literally across the street was a Young Israel, an Orthodox Shul. The...

Sep 2, 2021, 10:20 PM

All we are saying is give peace a chance!

During the winter of 1960-61, I was a nine year old fourth grader at PS188 in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. A bunch of us got into a snowball fight on West 33rd Street between Mermaid and Neptune...

May 7, 2021, 8:44 PM

Marriage vows and Kaddish vows

I recently turned seventy and thought of my parents who are no longer here to share my milestone birthday. I think about my parents almost daily and “talk” to them several times per week. In a recent Yizkor Sermon...

Mar 22, 2021, 2:53 PM

Kashering the soul: Moses, Matzoh, and Dayeinu

The two most common Jewish practices are: attending a Seder (Passover holiday) and fasting (Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement). At the Seder, we eat matzoh which is called the “Bread of Affliction.” On Yom Kippur, we afflict both...

Feb 16, 2021, 6:59 PM

Goldstein and the pandemic

Recently my wife and I watched some reruns of the “West Wing” TV show from many years ago. In Season1 Episode14 entitled “Take this Sabbath Day,” Karl Malden (On the waterfront, Streets of San Francisco, etc.) plays the parish...

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About Me

Kirk Zachary, MD has been a practicing physician in NYC for over 40 years. He has a love for Torah and for his Jewish heritage.