Alone in the Crowd
Hanukkah is a full week away, and Christmas is over two weeks after that. But Christmas, as usual at this …
Category Archives: antisemitism
Gathering For Hope in the Face of Hate
Washington D.C. was awash in positive energy on Nov. 14 as hundreds of thousands of Jews and their supporters gathered …
Antisemitism: Then and Now
Tonight is the 85th anniversary of Krystallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass in Germany on November 9, 1938. On that …
We Are Not Alone
Today was a low day. I didn’t have a particularly good reason to feel gloomy, except that the sadness and …
Things I Learned This Week
Things I learned this week: That the planned National Day of Hate didn’t happen, at least not in my home …
Standing Up to Injustice
I’m writing this on January 27, designated by the UN as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, the Jewish Federation …
Stand Up
This morning I was on the phone with a board member from my synagogue and mentioned that I was about …
Look Up
Many people want to talk to me about fear and hopelessness these days. They look at the pictures of wildfires …
A People Alone
“How lovely are your tents O Jacob, your dwelling places Yisrael.” These were the words of the non-Jewish prophet Balaam …
Pride Month: Why Bother?
I’m not lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer. So why should I pay attention to Pride Month that celebrates LGBTQ …
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