Behind Closed Doors 30 years ago, I converted to Judaism at a Conservative synagogue. My conversion class was a … More
Category: Tikkun Olam — Healing the Worlds, Lower and Upper
Navagating the New Year
Last year in a bulletin essay, I said that kayaking was like prayer moving through water. I had been boating … More
The Samson Bat Mitzvah Connection
The Samson Bat Mitzvah Connection Today, our most excellent older daughter Paris (known in Hebrew mommy speak as “HaG’dolah – … More
Service Against Genocide 2013 — Focus on Cambodia
3 rd Annual Interfaith Gathering against Genocide: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 3:00 & 4:15PM … More
Three Things
In Pirke Avot, the Ethics of the Fathers, we learn, The world stands on three things: Torah, Service, and Acts … More
On Kindness
I once met a woman who called herself ‘Snail Tracks.’ She attributed her curious choice of nomenclature to a medieval … More
Interfath Genocide Service 2011 – Program
In Commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day for an afternoon Interfaith Learn-In on Genocide in the Modern World Beginning … More
Escaping the Narrows
On Passover we celebrate our people’s escape from Egyptian slavery. This is the signature event upon which our fundamental relationship … More