August 1, 2020
Find comfort? Where? How?
Today is called the Sabbath of comfort. With hundreds of thousands dead and millions sick from COVID-19, where and how are we supposed to find comfort? As Jews, we are…
In my mind, Selma is a place of holy ground – a place where a bloody civil rights battle was fought. The bridge serves as the perfect metaphor for the…
July 15, 2020
Change starts with me
Like many of us, the famous Rabbi Salantar looked at the world and was tortured by the injustice and pain he saw. As a youth, he set his sights on…
June 17, 2020
A physical virus helps us see our historic virus
[These were my words at the June 15, 2020 Restorative Justice CLT Teach-In.] As I do this work, I keep this image of Jonathan Ferrell on my desk. In 2015,…
June 13, 2020
Feeling guilty about not marching?
So many of you are saying with guilt, “I wish I could get out to protest, but I can’t because I am concerned about COVID-19.” Please do not feel guilty.…