
Breaking False Dichotomies, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, Longform, This Week In Wisdom |
May 13, 2021
Once-in-a-Decade Revelations
Every year at Shavuot, Jewish communities all around the world celebrate the giving of Torah with raucous gatherings, enormous slabs of cheesecake, and Torah learning from dusk to dawn. Of the many fond memories I have of my time living in Jerusalem a decade ago, house-hopping throughout the night of Shavuot sits comfortably atop the list. I learned provocative, inspiring Torah from complete strangers, danced with folks from Haredi to Hiloni (strictly Orthodox to strictly secular), and emerged from my last learning session to feel the rising sun on my face while I prayed at the......
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May 12, 2021
Pew’s Jews: Five First Takeaways
Who doesn’t love a good demographic study?...
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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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April 20, 2021
Derek Chauvin, Justice and Deuteronomy 16:20
Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd are unfolding as I write. The voices of protestors, speculators, and commentators rise, along with the voices of attorneys for both the state and for Mr. Chauvin, all calling for “Justice,” in these final hours before the case is handed to the jury. There is no shortage of stridently held opinions about what should happen here — not from the lawyers, the protestors, the commentators or the speculators — most notably, from Rep. Maxine Waters, whose words both inspire and......
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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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March 22, 2021
Ian Rosenberg’s Fight For Free Speech
Some things really are worth fighting for....
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Compassion and Empathy, Longform, News & Politics, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
March 05, 2021
Pluralism, Dragons, and Golden Calves
Lessons from the hero's journey...
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Another Way Of Looking At Things, Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Longform, Soul Writings, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized |
February 23, 2021
Make Me a Sanctuary
I continue to feed my spiritual life in a multitude of ways...
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February 02, 2021
Two LEAP Fellows Come Together For “The Words That Move Us: The Message of MLK Today”
The focus of the national program was how our shared textual traditions move us to action... ...
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