Mourning & Acting: Honoring Those Who Died
I have never had anyone pull a gun on me. I have never heard gun shots in my neighborhood. I …
Category Archives: gun violence
Scapegoats
I started writing tonight about scapegoats and anti-Semitism. Scapegoats because this week’s Torah portion tells of the goat that was …
Responding to Terror, Yet Again
Another horribly deluded young white man has taken out his frustrations about his own life on others, shooting at Shabbat …
March for Our Lives
The following is an edited version of a letter that I sent to my congregation this afternoon. I have been …
Our Children Are Answering the Call
“And God called.” The third book of the Torah, which we call Leviticus, begins with this simply phrase, with God …
Complex Issues Deserve Thoughtful Solutions
I was at a meeting of the local Ministerial Association this week, and the 50+ clergy were talking about the …
It’s up to us. All of us.
My daughter Sarah Jane is a high school English teacher in Seoul, South Korea. Whenever I tell someone where she …
Resolve in the New Year
This week marks both the end of the book of Genesis in our annual cycle of Torah readings, and of …
The Miracle of Light
We are halfway through the eight nights of Hanukah, lighting one candle, then two, adding another each day to celebrate …
Murder in the Pews
Churches today are facing a reality that synagogues have always known — houses of worship are not always safe places. On the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
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