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Premonitions: Parshat Sh’lach (Numbers 13:1 – 15:41)
Sometimes we can feel in our bones that something is going to go wrong. We can’t explain why or how, … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Michael Wieder Wants to Talk About Infertility
It’s OK for men to share about their infertility struggles, too.
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading