To our children, We are so sorry that your lives have been turned upside down. We know that so many of your plans have been disrupted and you are disappointed.…
March 13, 2020
A new place, a new time, a new way
We are in a new place… one we have never known. A wave of a threatening virus is sweeping across our globe. Disrupting – lives, economies, livelihoods. Disordering dreamed of…
February 10, 2020
Celebrating Jewish Earth Day here and there
As a child, on our Jewish Earth Day called Tu Bishvat, my peers and I would buy trees to plant in Israel. As I grew into a young adulthood, we’d…
January 11, 2020
Three Freedom Songs – A Jewish Take on Liberation
Delivered at Temple Beth El, January 10, 2020 It feels good to be here on this bima. I love this place. We are blessed with incredibly talented clergy: Rabbi Knight,…
January 7, 2020
So today is Jewish and Proud Day…
When I learned that today was Jewish and proud day, it struck me as odd. When I stopped to think about it, for me every day is Jewish and proud…