Society

A Contemporary Story Of Redemption

“My father was a wandering Aramean.” With this quote, from Deuteronomy 26:5, we begin not only the Maggid (story-telling) portion ...

On Pesach, you are not alone.

Passover has always been my favorite holiday. I love the foods, seeing my family and my friends who are normally ...

When It Is Not Obvious

A couple weeks ago news stations around the country featured the story of an 87-year old woman, a resident of ...

Lacking Knowledge

I have a confession to make: I know very little about the African-American experience.There. I’ve said it.Just over fourteen percent ...

What An Attempted Burglary Taught Me

There is a real difference between counseling an individual who has experienced a traumatic moment and experiencing a traumatic moment ...

Taking The Plunge

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

Make the Pledge…Equally

With Purim just a month from now, the internet is just starting to entertain with the usual, and welcome, plethora ...

But the Children of Israel had Light in their Dwellings

I recently was reading an article that happened to mention an interesting study. In the study, researchers in the 1970’s ...

Is Freedom A Jewish Virtue?

Are you on the freedom bandwagon yet? Celebrations of the concept of freedom seem to be permeating the cultural-political zeitgeist ...

How Are You Feeling?

The other day, I noticed, to my amusement, that Facebook had changed the status update a bit.  In place of ...