Job Posting: Resilience Officer Needed
I made a fascinating discovery this week. I heard it on a radio news program, when an announcer said excitedly: …
Category Archives: Justice
Abraham & Our Vote
Unlike almost everyone I know, I waited until election day to vote. I chose the time of day carefully, planning …
We Are Stardust: Part Two
“Justice, justice you shall pursue.” It is the most famous phrase from this week’s Torah portion. It’s one of the …
Yesterday, I Marched
Yesterday, I marched. It was a small, peaceful march in downtown Sarasota, Florida. The organizers and nearly all of the …
Something Greater Than Ourselves
I have a friend who is a Presbyterian minister, who asked me this week if I could tell him about …
“You Shall Not Judge Unfairly”
“You shall not judge unfairly… Justice, justice you shall pursue.” If I was asked to sum up the Torah in ten …
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
I usually don’t give sermons about politics. I have been known to call out behaviors that I find objectionable, but …
Seek Justice
God doesn’t mince words when it comes to doing the right thing… although the Torah does sometimes use repetition to …
Our Nation’s Soul is at Stake
“Black holes ain’t as black as they are painted,” Stephen Hawking once said. “Things can get out of a black …
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, …
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