#Iamanupstander

In any act of oppression there are four players – a perpetrator, a victim, a bystander and an upstander. Take the pledge to speak out against hate every time you…

Dear President Trump

Dear President Trump, I was named for a woman of prayer, a rabbi’s wife, a woman of faith named Judy who was murdered in Auschwitz. Our country’s doors were then…

Shattered Shards and Two Americas

Invocation delivered at the Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast Charlotte, North Carolina The mystics of Judaism teach about the concept of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. You see, when God…

A Rare Alignment: Chanukah & Christmas

Light in the midst of great darkness, a minority fighting for and attaining rights, celebrating religious freedom — these are the messages of the ancient Jewish holiday of Chanukah. “The…

Listen

“The shortest distance between two people is a story…” so listen to multiple stories multiple voices multiple perspectives it is not a zero sum game your win is not my loss…