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
This Week In Wisdom
Reckoning or Reconciliation? How About Both?
To impeach or not to impeach. That is the question. Or is it? Perhaps the more important question at this … Continue Reading
An Interview with Rabbi Avram Mlotek
Kohelet / Ecclesiastes 12:12 warns us that “to the making of books, there is no end,” suggesting that maybe it’s … 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
We The People…
Written by Rabbi Irwin Kula, on FaceBook, on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The civil war has begun…and those of us … Continue Reading
The Acceptance of Oklahoma’s Day of Prayer and Fasting — Warts and All
By decree of Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma is observing today, Thursday, December 3rd, as a day of prayer and fasting, … Continue Reading
Thanksgiving, Klezmer and The Ethics of Appropriation
The rise of Klezmer has many reasons, and they differ amongst other things, not only by identity but by geography.