My wife Deena and I have a great family and both our children are now grown. This has allowed time to become involved in several community organizations. Since 1992, I have been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Acton Memorial Library. I was also President for the four years ending in 1999, when the Library completed a $6.3 Million dollar expansion. With the cooperation of many people, a lovely new Charlotte Sagoff Memorial Garden has been created in front of the Library in honor of a beloved former Acton resident.

Deena and I are both active in our local temple, Congregation Beth Elohim, and for years we shared the position of Vice President of Operations. I still write a regular monthly column for the synagogue called "The People of Chelm Want to Know". For years, Deena and I have been active members of the Acton Town Democratic Committee, which is chartered by the Massachusetts Democratic Party. We were both delegates to many State Conventions, and worked to elect Deval Patrick. In other town activities, Deena is a board member of the Friends of the Acton Libraries, and I am a cofounder of a group known as the Friends of Pinehawk. I love all kinds of sports and played rugby for thirty years but had to give it because, well, I'm too old. So now it's racquetball and squash. I have more luck in the former, having won three age group doubles titles in New England and recently won both singles & doubles 60+ Massachusetts tiles.