My apologies for not focusing on a positive message this week. Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is.
In the 15th and early 16th Century, the Roman Catholic Church was a globe-spanning endeavor. Under its umbrella were many priests, bishops, and cardinals, but it also was the spirit…
What do you do when your good friend does something that really and justifiably irks, even hurts you, but on a day-in-day-out basis, is as reliable and amazing as she can be? What if that generous, amazing nature is why you became friends in the first place? Will her getting it wrong on one …
It has been an eventful and consequential week, and I wanted to share a few thoughts, hopefully tying them together in a coherent way.
Tuesday’s Presidential and local elections have left some of our community members disappointed or worried, others excited or motivated, and many of us ho…
One of the greatest characteristics of the Jewish people is the dual streams of example and exposition in our heritage. Not only do we have primary sources in our oldest, holiest texts, we also have layer upon layer of commentary, questions, answers, and extrapolation on everything from the …
A few days ago, I heard a beautiful interpretation of the well known words in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) that we read this past Shabbat.
A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven:
A time for being born and a time for dying,
A time for planting and a time f…
