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 …
Category Archives: Holocaust
Still Here
This week’s Torah portion tells of the biblical High Priest and the ritual he performed on Yom Kippur. It included …
Mourning the Past & Changing the Future
It rained all day here in Sarasota. Floridians are more accustomed to rainstorms that come and go, sometimes several times …
Spiritual Pollution
It’s been a hard week. Even while federal and state governments enforce (or at least encourage) social distancing, the president …
Scapegoats
I started writing tonight about scapegoats and anti-Semitism. Scapegoats because this week’s Torah portion tells of the goat that was …
Remembering Warsaw this Passover
In 1943, the first day of Passover fell on a Monday. It was April 19. This year, the first day …
Slavery, the Holocaust, and America Today
I have never paid attention to Juneteenth. It was someone else’s holiday. And yet this year I am acutely aware, …
Joy & Sorrow
Passover, the week-long celebration of the Biblical liberation from slavery, is almost over. Just a few days ago Jews around …
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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