The Pain of Fear
The following essay was supposed to run as an op-ed on the Opinion page of the local daily newspaper. Tonight, …
Author Archives: SRQ Jew
A Slightly Unhinged Bio
Sometimes you wake up early and despite birdsong and sunlight, everything is just too much. You must know what I …
Second Chances
Today is my favorite Jewish kinda-sorta-holiday. It’s Pesach Sheni — second Passover. The Biblical situation where it arises is extraordinary. …
On The Way Home
I have long believed that baseball is a near-perfect analogy for how we think about home, and perhaps for life …
The Thursday That Became Shabbat
It is Thursday. And yet, for me, it is Shabbat. I am in northern Italy, in a region that was …
Massi di Cemmo: Where Humans & God Met
Today I stood in a valley between Italian mountains and saw where the hand of God touched human hands. But …
Counting the Days of the Journey
“Might within loving kindness.” It is day two of the daily Omer count between Passover and Shavuot. Each day for …
A Radical New Interpretation of Miriam’s Name
It’s almost Passover and I’ve been thinking about the human protagonists; Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Three siblings. Each with special …
Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
When the Call Comes, Pay Attention
I was invited to speak to a Unitarian Universalist community this morning. Their theme for the month is “pay attention.” …
