Hold Dualities Together / 14 Oct 2021
Would the World Be a Better Place If We All Spoke One Language?
Would we be more united if we all spoke the same language?
Compassion for difficulties / 08 Oct 2021
What I Learned About Compassion After Being Assaulted
An attack on a man with autism causes him to reflect on his life.
Compassion for difficulties / 01 Oct 2021
Finding Ways To Cope With The World As A Highly Sensitive Person
The challenges of living in a world that often feels like too much.
Spirituality & Faith / 24 Sep 2021
Rosh Hashanah: My First Lesson of the New Year
Musings on the new year.
Spirituality & Faith / 15 Sep 2021
The Political Science Found In High Holiday Prayers
We Jews pray not only for ourselves, but for the leaders of all countries, that they govern in wisdom, justice, and with compassion.
A sincere apology to our children has significant benefits to their development in both the short and long term....
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Historic Profiles, Inspiring Story, Longform, Longform, Relationships & Family, Uncategorized |
May 04, 2021
Looking Evil In the Face, Boldly and Beautifully
“If there is only one book you are going to read….” is not something I say often, and something I don’t think should ever be said about a topic as important and as complicated as the Holocaust. I will say though, that anyone who cares about the topic, or any questions of evil and how we respond to it, really must read Faris Cassell’s new, and already award-winning book, The Unanswered Letter. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Faris about her work, which had already been awarded first place in......
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Compassion and Empathy, Longform, Longform, Relationships & Family, Uncategorized |
April 22, 2021
Michael Wieder Wants to Talk About Infertility
It's OK for men to share about their infertility struggles, too....
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Hold Dualities Together |
April 21, 2021
Should Finders Be Keepers? How Judaism Interprets Lost And Found
The “lost and found department” of the Talmud has a list of complex policies and procedures that can guide both the loser and the finder on proper behaviors surrounding this common and seemingly simple life occurrence. ...
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Another Way Of Looking At Things, Longform, News & Politics, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
April 14, 2021
Deeper Intentions and the Life of Daunte Wright
At the very same time the trial against Derek Chauvin is unfolding in Minneapolis, another Black man, Daunte Wright, has been killed by a police officer in nearby Brooklyn Center. George Floyd, as is well known and viscerally horrifying, was killed by Chauvin as the now-former officer pressed down on his neck for nine and one-half minutes, ignoring pleas for mercy and for justice. The intention to use force was clear. The trial will determine if nine and a half minutes of application of such force can be equated to murderous intent......
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Even if we can't do anything else, bearing witness and refusing to turn away is a vital necessity....
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Hold Dualities Together |
April 09, 2021
Holocaust Remembrance Day And The Sacred Task Of Remembering Life
Tell me the stories of life....
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Listen To The Names Of The Victims First
A video where Brad Hirschfield lists the victims names in the recent Orlando shooting. Because first we need to internalize a tragedy before we jump to speak.
