Alone in a Crowd
We’ve all felt it—that moment of standing in the middle of a crowd yet feeling completely alone. You look around …
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We Have Only Each Other
I don’t want to write about them. I don’t want to write about the two little redheaded boys and their …
A Heart-wrenching and Important Exhibit
I spent Tu B’Shevat this week on a bus to Miami and back—four hours in each direction. Along with 40 …
Agam Berger, “Hair Artist” & Hero
Tonight is known as Shabbat Shira, the Shabbat of Song, because this week’s Torah portion includes the Song of the …
Light in Times of Darkness
These past weeks Jews around the world have been reading the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Passover won’t happen …
To Work in Concert: A Lesson in Leadership
Whenever people do things together, we say they are acting in concert. But those concerts can be atonal, uncomfortable, even …
Courageous Conversations
I was honored to be asked to write about antisemitism in my local community. The essay below appeared on the …
Mercy
Seldom does one hear one voice ask for mercy for another. Almost never have we heard one voice ask for …
Rest In Peace, Little Dog
I never loved Sparky. I took in the 15-year-old Yorkie for six weeks because he needed a place to stay. …
Hope Amid Destruction: To Be a Jew
I’m shaken. I may live on the other side side of the country, may never have wandered the streets of …
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