Awareness of insecurity and surrender to it can soften us to let Eternity in, can humble us enough to receive that which is beyond our false sense of control. This is what The Days of Awe, and the Jew...Read More
I have a good amount to write in regard to 9/11 and how that day formed me, informed me, and changed me, but, here today, I want to write only a few points that I feel are worth noting. If 9/11 taught...Read More
With each person he found to daven (pray), my heart sank a little bit. Each time he passed by my husband and me without asking us to join, I felt a little sad, a little frustrated, and totally invisib...Read More
It was a damp, rainy day when I witnessed the black iron gate that looms ominously over Auschwitz I. ‘Arbeit macht frei’, it pronounces: “Work will set you free.” I could not help but noti...Read More
As people return from vacation and I peruse Facebook to check out their photos, I also notice a phenomenon that until recently didn’t bother me. Pictures of food. Pretty food. Gross food. Interestin...Read More
I am on the planning committee of the International Political Camp at Agape Centro Ecumenico in the Italian Alps. Because I am always at a loss to describe exactly what Agape is to the uninitiated—a...Read More
This year, as I engage more fully in preparing, ultimately, to stand before God on Yom Kippur, how do I approach this task with mercy and justice, and move toward forgiveness?...Read More
I started bicycle commuting for my health. I quickly realized that biking around in the city of Boston is a huge threat to my health. I live in the quaint flowery suburb of Jamaica Plain. I bike to my...Read More
Last week when I saw this article about nearly 1/3 of the Chesapeake Bay being a “dead zone” this year, it felt like someone punched me in the gut. I made some kind of audible groaning sound and r...Read More
Do we dare have the audacity to hope for change in our very conflicted world? To create change? To make change? To expect change? To allow change? Yes, I believe we do. The Gaza bound flotilla from th...Read More