“Unmute Yourself”
“Unmute yourself.” This was the subject line of an email I received, asking people to speak out about an issue. …
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We Americans Have Much to Do: Together
This week’s Torah portion tells of the last three plagues on Egypt: locust, darkness, and death. Moses tells Pharaoh that …
Prayers & Remembrances are Not Enough
Every year, Americans gather on this date to pray and show their gratitude to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We …
Words of Hope
Something unusual happened to me today. I was asked to open a meeting with a prayer. Normally, that’s not unusual. …
24 Hours in America: What Will Define Us?
A Black preacher and a Jew are elected to the Senate from Georgia. A mob, urged on by the president …
A Prayer for Peace on a Dark Day
This has been a dark day in our nation’s history. We have seen mobs assault the very seat of our …
Greeting 2021
It is perhaps fitting that the Jewish community will finish its annual reading of the book of Genesis just as …
Jews, Christians, and Rituals
It’s Christmas, and just as our Jewish community had to make enormous changes in our observance of the High Holidays, …
Darkness in Times of Light
For a brief time on this last night of Hanukkah, millions of small candles were lit. The world was a …
We Are The Light
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Usually, I would light one menorah, which means that I would light two …
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