Sep 6Why Do We Have To Go Home?A reflection on the High Holydays While most of the world has suffered from terrible heat and other weather extremes, we have had a delightful 4 months in Whistler B.C. Canada. I like to refer to this place in the summer at least as the Garden of Eden. Beautiful mountains, lovely forests, 20 miles of bike…Jewish6 min readJewish6 min read
Aug 29The Two Things I Want To See Before I DieIn my dreams I see myself in a community center room, a table is set up against the back wall with a coffee urn and Styrofoam cups. In the…Trump5 min readTrump5 min read
Jul 28Tisha B’Av, Israel’s crisis and Stupid HateToday is the saddest Tisha B’av of my life. I have never liked this day. It is a 24 hour fast in the heat of the summer that is preceded by days of limiting joy, laundering, swimming, and bathing. I have managed to negotiate the events of the 8 days…Israel8 min readIsrael8 min read
Jul 5The Florida Panthers Lost the Stanley Cup, Why Am I Still Smiling?In the weeks following our return from Croatia, and as I have been reacquainted with my Canadian Neighbors, especially the hockey fans (i.e. most Canadian males)I keep getting asked some version of the following question. “How are you doing, or how are you feeling?”. The first few times it happened…Hockey7 min readHockey7 min read
May 29Does Education Protect Against Antisemitism?A New York Times article today, Memorial Day, began with the following:Anti Semitism5 min readAnti Semitism5 min read
May 8Oil at the Coronation?What took place behind the screen? If you watched the coronation of King Charles the third you may have wondered why with everything in the open for the world to see, there was one moment that he was secluded behind screens. …Monarchy5 min readMonarchy5 min read
Apr 14Where Did The Time Go-Where is Time Going?This summer I will start my 7th year of retirement. How can that be? I retired at 66, 40 years after being ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. I can still remember that day in May 1976 when dressed in a black gown and holding a one month old baby…Book4 min readBook4 min read
Feb 19Israel and Democracy- Time For Some PerspectiveWe have become used to many on the American left being critical of or even against the existence of Israel as a Jewish state. The origin of this goes back to 1967 and the six day war when Israel had the nerve to not be annihilated by the Arab world…Israel6 min readIsrael6 min read
Jan 25People Who Need PeopleI was in New York last week and went to the TKTS booth to buy tickets for a play. While standing in line I asked one of the workers there if Funny Girl with Lea Michelle ever came to the booth. “Only on Thursday” he said. …Slavery5 min readSlavery5 min read
