Bumps in the Road
I was driving down a narrow street in Sarasota this week and saw a large sign announcing BUMP. There was …
Author Archives: SRQ Jew
Audacious Hospitality
Last week my congregation was informed by the church where we hold services that we have to leave within 60 …
Stand Up
This morning I was on the phone with a board member from my synagogue and mentioned that I was about …
Hold Hands
Some time ago I was being given directions to a house in the Maryland countryside. Finally the voice on the …
Hope
As Mr. Rogers would say, it’s been a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The kind of day you’d like to …
In the Beginning
We tend think of time as a straight line, marching inexorably forward. But we live within an endless mobius strip …
The Poetry of Tears
When I first became a rabbi I was taken aback by people who cried during services. I didn’t know what …
The Poetry of Release
Life, death, existence, and awareness are mysteries that we contemplate when given an opportunity, but more often choose to ignore. …
The Poetry of Brokenness
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.” In …
A Prayer for After the Storm
It’s been quite a week. Waiting for a hurricane to arrive is like being stalked by a turtle. It seems …
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