In the Wilderness: society run amok

May 19, 2018

When I wrote to my congregation from Jerusalem last week, I said that Israel is a complicated place. As I …

“I Speak for the Trees”

February 9, 2012

“I speak for the trees!” said the Lorax. I believe it’s time for a Lorax revival, because nowadays, despite recycling …

July 17, 2011

Incongruous – out of place; absurd; odd. Not in accord or consistent. In other words, my life over the past …

April 27, 2011

“Regional instability is likely to continue in the near term, and we must attain energy independence,” Danny Ayalon, the deputy …

January 20, 2011

“Well behaved women seldom make history”… this was a bumper stick I saw tonight — very appropriate, since the car …

December 5, 2010

My friend Lynn Teichman made a great point about the blessing that Jews say when washing hands before eating. The …

July 20, 2010

For the record, I am not and have never been good with languages. Why can some people pick up languages as …

July 12, 2010

What a crazy world we live in. This morning, while trying to pray, a woman was arrested in Jerusalem for …