Dialogue

Shame, Vulnerability and Courage

I went to the local town hall meeting with our State Representative, Buddy Carter. The small theater at the local ...

A Small Victory for Dialogue Between Enemies

All eyes followed me in as I walked down the center aisle of the lecture hall. The members of the ...

Show Me Your Face

I am what you might call an alternative peace activist. The return to the biblical heartland of Israel — Judea and ...

Look at Me, Not at Your Device

These are not rude people. The people gathered around the table are my treasured colleagues. I hired most of them. ...

All We Do is Offend Each Other; So We Don’t Talk

My dear friend Tom was excited to greet his eldest daughter and new college friends home from college. “So, Erica,” ...

Transforming our Curses into Blessings

In (and out of) synagogues, campuses, JCCs, summer camps and religious schools, people are developing opinions about hot-button issues. As ...

They Just Don’t Get It? Who’s “They”?

Over and over again, I have noticed that when someone says “ugh, they don’t get it” when talking about someone ...

A Secret Weapon for Peace

I believe that there will be no solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict until the Palestinians come face to face ...