Honoring a People
Tonight begins Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day. As soon as nightfall comes tomorrow, Israel will begin Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Independence Day. …
Category Archives: God
Towards a More Just Society
This week’s Torah portion contains one of the most puzzling events in the Torah. In it, two of Aaron’s sons …
The Narrow Places
We all have our narrow spaces to escape, and our own Pharaohs holding us back. Sometimes the tyrant is our …
Remember
Sometimes we get so busy that we forget. We forget to do things we meant to do, pick up that …
Faith
The mourning dove who nested by my front door left after her fledgling learned to fly. Two weeks later she …
Doing God’s Work
There is a certain symmetry between Genesis and Exodus. The first chapters of Genesis tell the story of God’s handiwork …
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 …
National Day of Hate
I received the following message today from the Jewish Federation: “Over the past several weeks a handful of known antisemitic, …
We Can Dream
I tried to not write this week about guns and how I wish they were controlled more closely in our …
The Hands of God
This week I traveled to Denver to attend a conference of rabbis and cantors, and to watch ten new rabbis …
