[From the Charlotte Observer, November 23, 2017. Rabbi Schindler is a Contributing Editor for the Observer Editorial Board. Photo by Miriam Alster.] I am a Rabbi. I am a social…
thanksgiving an equation of what I have lost versus what I have and embracing the blessings before me seemingly unsolvable profound pain friends feel – lost spouses, lost children, leaving…
Each morning we face the news of the evening before. I often pick up my smartphone with dread. Who will be cast into fear and despair today? The undocumented student…
[Delivered at Stateseville Avenue Presbyterian Church, November 12, 2017. Based on Isaiah 2:4.] As this is Veteran’s Day weekend, I thought I’d open with a cute story about a little…
When Jeremiah the prophet preached 2600 years ago, he enjoined his fellow Jews who were exiled to Babylon to get engaged with their community, “Seek the peace of the city…