Night Words, A Midrash For The Holocaust
The Meaning of this Day, January 27, 2021 In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27–the anniversary of … Continue Reading
Compassion and Empathy
Now What?
Donald Trump is mentally ill and needs a constitutional straitjacket. He is hungry for adulation to compensate for a mind-blowing … Continue Reading
A Riot Runs Through It: Where we have been and where we are going
Rabbi Tarfon taught: “It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting/restoring the world], but you are not … Continue Reading
A Rabbi, A Minister and An Imam Walk Into A Bar
Reflections on the changes underway in how we understand God, the church, and our work in the world.
A Doubly Sad Day…
Today is a doubly sad day. Today I mourn as a Jew, and today, I mourn as an American. Today … Continue Reading
Memorial Day in Pandemic
Thinking out loud about the dead, especially in a time of so much death, is scary