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“Never Again”…Again and Again and Again

Long ago, legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan sang in his gravelly tones,  that “the times, they are a-changing.” He was a truth teller ...

White Moses and Black Bond

The recent Sony hacking scandal raised an uproar about the movie The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco. But ...

Working for Meaning

On January 4, my family and I were privileged to attend the final Broadway performance of the revival of Pippin ...

Dying to Talk

On a single day last week, we were stunned by news of the Charlie Helbo attack in Paris and a bomb ...

The Yearning Burning Bush

There are 54 discreet portions, parshiyot in the Torah.  If we regard them as chapters in a greater whole each ...

God’s Abortive Assassination Attempt

Parshat Shmot which we read this week contains one of the most bizarre incidents in all of the Torah. By ...

A Moral Life? Or a Meaningful Life?

A few days ago, David Brooks wrote an article entitled “The Problem of Meaning.” In our society today, and especially in ...

“Booyah”….This Too, Is Holy

This too is holy. The baseball stadium, that is. I know it is not only potentially cliché, but also possibly ...

Choose Your Word Wisely

Have you already chosen your word for 2015? The word that will focus your attention on what you want to ...

Fix Society. Now. Please!

It’s been just over a week since Leelah Alcorn committed suicide. Leelah grew up not far from where I live ...

Can Synagogues Be More Like Starfish?

Membership is lagging, we haven’t been able to convince the preschool families to join the synagogue and sales in the ...

A Smile from Beyond

I ended 2014 by making the trip from California to New Jersey to visit my father’s grave. I stood on ...

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