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 ...