Scapegoats
I started writing tonight about scapegoats and anti-Semitism. Scapegoats because this week’s Torah portion tells of the goat that was …
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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 …
Passover Haiku
Back by popular demand…. From the brilliant mind behind “The Torah in Haiku” http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/ Feel free to add your own! …
Remembering Warsaw this Passover
In 1943, the first day of Passover fell on a Monday. It was April 19. This year, the first day …
More about truth and Truth
Julian Assange was arrested last week, hauled out of the Ecuadoran embassy in London by the local police. He’d been …
Where the spiritual and physical meet
We each live in two worlds simultaneously – the physical world that we all share, and our own private mental …
When a Child Dies
“No one escapes this life unscathed.” I sat up in my chair. The TV was on but I was concentrating …
Tending the Flame
Sometimes we get so busy that we forget. We forget to do things we meant to do, pick up that …
They Are Us
“They are us.” These were the words of New Zealand’s Prime Minister today, in reaction to the horrific attacks and …
Creating a Spiritual Home
“A house is just a box where you keep your stuff.” A contractor tossed this comment over his shoulder as …
