This is Evening’s Garment, a fairly large painting of mine (40” x 78”). As I’m writing this in August, it is in my exhibition at Berry Campbell Gallery in Chelsea. I’m an abstract painter who began painting in the 1970’s, inspired and taught by Color Field painters, American Modernist abstract artists who conceived of color,… Read more »

Hello Ansche Chesed, I’m Dave Goldstein. Many of you know me from my TV appearances and comedy shows across the US, Canada, and Europe. OK, almost none of you know me. I’m a proud member of Ansche Chesed and I joined the shul just before Covid hit. I usually have better timing. I’ve tried to… Read more »

Below is a short scene from my most recent film, Rabbi on the Block, that shows Rabbi Tamar Manasseh observing Yom Kippur on a corner on the southside of Chicago. Rabbi Tamar is a Chicago-based anti gun violence activist and community leader. In 2021, she was ordained as a rabbi by the International Israelite Board of Rabbis. She is… Read more »

Guten tag! I spent a week in Germany this summer with 3 generations of my family — my parents, my brother and his wife, my oldest daughter and 3 nieces. Through our process of “שובה / shuva / returning” to our ancestral homeland, we learned about the 3 generations of our family that preceded us,… Read more »

This year, 2024, during the Jewish days of awe I will turn 69 years old. B”H I am in good health. I have lived, during my 69 years, in many places. I was born in Manhattan (at Mount Sinai hospital which is ironic because my Hebrew name is Moshe!). We moved to Forest Hills and… Read more »