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Steven Moskowitz

Rabbi Moskowitz serves Long Island's Congregation L'Dor V'Dor

Sep 13, 2026, 11:22 PM

Ed was a longtime member of our synagogue. He died four years ago at the age of eighty-five. I still remember the stories he told me about his childhood in Baghdad. He lived a privilege life there until his...

Sep 6, 2024, 5:27 PM

Let’s Dance Like Sunflowers

My new favorite flower is the sunflower. It’s not because of its seeds which I enjoy but instead because of a recent scientific discovery. Apparently, sunflowers dance. Let me explain. Every flower requires sunlight. When sunflowers grow together, they block the...

Jul 19, 2024, 1:26 PM

Real People Provide Real Hope

Praying for the hostages' release and singing for strength at Jerusalem's First Station. (courtesy)

On Sunday, I greeted the Jerusalem morning with news of the assassination attempt against former president Trump. We are grateful that the assassin was unsuccessful, and that President Trump was not seriously injured. We pray for the family of...

Jul 11, 2024, 11:00 AM

Jerusalem Dreams

Several weeks ago, I was riding through the rural roads of Pennsylvania, outside of Penn State, when I confronted a sign planted on a front lawn, “If the Zionists stole your land, you too would be fighting them.” And...

Apr 25, 2024, 11:27 PM

Set Their Teeth on Edge!

I am still thinking about the Seder’s wicked child. This child asks, “Whatever does this service mean to you?” The Haggadah teaches that this child excludes himself or herself from our collective story. The wicked child only points the...

Apr 6, 2024, 3:14 PM

Be Proud To Be Jews

I returned from Israel a few days ago. I was there on another mission to learn more about the situation and express our solidarity. I will never tire of going to Israel, regardless of the situation. Although beleaguered, Israel...

Mar 21, 2024, 10:22 PM

Israel’s Responsibilities to Gaza’s Children

Although Purim is celebrated with laughter and revelry, the megillah concludes on a violent note. We dwell on the joy. We forget the violence. We hide it behind costumes and masks. The Book of Esther declares: “So the Jews...

Dec 21, 2023, 7:44 PM

A Wounded Torah, A Defiant Spirit

Judah, the namesake of the Jewish people, draws near to the brother he no longer recognizes. His brother Benjamin is held in captivity. He pleads for his release. “Then Judah drew close to Joseph.” (Genesis 44) Over the years the...

Oct 12, 2023, 10:30 PM

Have Faith in the Jewish Spirit

The other day I was picking what will probably be the last of my garden’s cherry tomatoes. It was a rather inconsequential harvest. Ten tomatoes. My mind wandered away from what I had hoped to be the restorative power...

Sep 26, 2023, 7:03 PM

Standing with Israeli protestors

Fifty years ago, the armies of Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces in the Sinai desert and Golan Heights. It was on this very day of Yom Kippur in 1973. Israel suffered terrible losses especially...

About Me

Rabbi Steven Moskowitz is the rabbi of Congregation L'Dor V'Dor, a community serving Long Island's North Shore. He began his rabbinical career in 1991 at the 92nd Street Y in New York. Every summer he travels to Jerusalem to learn at the Shalom Hartman Institute where he is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow. Rabbi Moskowitz is married to Rabbi Susie Moskowitz and is the father of two adult children, Shira and Ari.