We Are The Children of Immigrants & Slaves
I am a child of immigrants. So are you, I imagine. Most of us here in America are. Some came …
Tag Archives: Judaism
What If We Completely Reimagined How We Treat Immigrants?
This week’s Torah portion begins with the sentence, “God appeared before Abraham.” But the very next sentence is about three …
When We Open the Door
It is 3:00 a.m. The 12-pound Havanese wakes up. The 76-pound Malamute wakes up. I wake up. I open the …
The Trouble With Noah
An ad for Snopes made me laugh today. It reads: “BREAKING NEWS: Disinformation is Spreading Faster Than Ever!” The people …
What My Dad Taught Me About Socialists (and Politics)
The November elections cannot come fast enough. I haven’t heard the word liar so many times since the TV ads …
The Wisdom of Joanne Fink this Sukkot
Driving home from dinner in a friend’s sukkah, I glanced up and saw the full moon. A perfect disk hung …
They Deserved No Less
The High Holidays aren’t over. Sukkot comes next, then Shmini Atzeret, then Simchat Torah. But for me, as a working …
Standing Before God
Today is Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath of turning, returning. Not that we want to turn back, or turn away from …
Looking Ahead to Joy
I know you will understand when I say that time seems to have its own pace. It will move slowly …
The Crack in My Heart
It’s time. Time for God to come back inside from wandering in the fields and get down to business. Time …
