Reading Before the Lighting of the Festival Candles The seder is not a story of our past, it is our present. Sadly, the oppressed stranger was not left behind in the…
Reflections from a trip to Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma with the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. Birmingham, 1955. Rosa was 42 years old. “The only tired I was, was tired…
This blog post was inspired by the lecture of Dr. John Roth, entitled “The Failures of Ethics: Comprehending Genocide and Atrocity” at the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social…
Times have been tough. Sometimes when you stand up for others, you get knocked down yourself. Thankfully, there are an abundance of strong and compassionate Charlotte leaders with whom we…
Special to the Charlotte Observer. When last week’s news of the burning mosque in Texas appeared on my Facebook feed, it came with a challenge: “Rabbi Schindler, What can we…