Unwanted Advice for the Holy Father
The Roman Catholic Church is currently conducting a public relations disaster that threatens the credibility of the entire organization. The Church's response to revelation of serious misconduct on the...
View ArticleD'var Torah: Elul
Four years ago, in another Presidential election year, I wrote a diary about the month of Elul. This week-end is Rosh Hodesh (the celebration of the New Moon) for Elul, the month before the High...
View ArticleD'var Torah: Shabbat Shuvah, Mozart, and the Civil War
Torah reading: Deuteronomy Chapter 31 Haftarah reading: Hosea: 14: 2-10; Joel 2: 15-27; Micah 7: 18-20 This Shabbat, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, is known as Shabbat Shuvah,...
View ArticleReaping What We Sow
So, in Newtown, Connecticut, 20 children are dead.20 Children. Most of them six-year-olds. Gunned down by a madman with an assault rifle and two handguns.I spent most of last Friday feeling like...
View ArticleD'var Torah: Rosh Hodesh Elul
I have published parts of this diary in past years. Each year it seems more urgent that we stop and take stock. This year it is rather terrifying to do so.The story is that a Roman told Rabbi Shammai...
View ArticleAn Argument for A National Day of Remembrance on January 6th
January 6th.A day of infamy.Insurrection Day.The day the “United” States of America died.Hyperbole? Maybe. But we need to have a reckoning if we ever expect to heal. WARNING. Parts of this article may...
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