Posted by in Uncategorized Please see the article below to understand better how we in the United States can help women and girls who are victims of rape used as a weapon of war around the world http://www.religionnews.com/2015/06/03/faith-leaders-want-us-fund-abortions-women-raped-terrorists-overseas/
Posted by in Uncategorized Yesterday I met a hero. I had coffee with my friend Alden Solovy who is a poet and liturgest from Jerusalem. You can read his work on his website http://www.tobendlight.com. We had this meeting set up to discuss a workshop he will lead for my temple group in Israel this summer. But who knew that…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Central Conference of American Rabbis Condemns Beating of Charlie Kalech and Alden Solovy By Ushers at the Kotel in Jerusalem April 22, 2015 The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) condemns, in the strongest terms, the physical assault sustained by Charlie Kalech and Alden Solovy at the Kotel, the Western Retraining Wall of the Jerusalem…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This week’s Torah portion is parshat Terumah. One of my very favorite Torah portions. It is important because God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites to build the Tabernacle in the desert. This would become the place God would dwell. But the Torah portion is very interesting because we assume we are building God’s home…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized The first eKoleinu of 2015! http://conta.cc/1BRp8Ky http://ow.ly/H1vxU #whatishappeningatKolAmi
Posted by in Uncategorized Here is my sermon from this past Friday night. The Light of Chanukah!
Posted by in Uncategorized It has taken me a few days to write about the unfolding events in Ferguson and now NYC. My heart has been so broken and saddened. Having grown up in the deep South I know there is a definite undercurrent of racism in our country. I have seen it. Memphis the place where Dr. King was murdered…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Around the world Armistice Day/ Remembrance Day/Veteran’s Day is observed today, November 11. In the countries of the British Commonwealth everyone wears Red Poppies to remember the end of the War to End all Wars–World War I. A reminder of the poppies that grew on the battlefields of Europe. This year is 100 years since…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This coming weekend we will remember Kristallnacht—Nov 9 will be the 76th anniversary of that terrible night in 1938 that was really the beginning of the end for German Jewry. The “Night of Broken Glass” was a pogrom against the Jewish community perpetrated by Nazis. Hundreds of businesses, synagogues, Jewish community institutions were vandalized, burned…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today another step forward in the march toward Marriage Equality as a court in Missouri struck down the marriage ban there. St. Louis county is poised to begin issuing licenses! The Show Me state is showing the rolling tide of equality in the mid-west-as Kansas also welcomed Marriage Equality this week. It is ironic…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 