Posted by in Uncategorized Today is the 8th of Elul-my father’s Yarzeit. Funny this year it came one day after my mother’s birthday. 17 years ago he died of old age and Parkinson’s. He was 89. He had sparkly blue eyes. And I only remember him with a head of silver hair. Even in his old age. He was…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today would have been my mom’s 94 birthday. I miss her every day. She is gone five years now but truth be told she had post stroke dementia for many years before her death and she was gone before she died. The last time I saw her before her death she didn’t really even know…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Happy Labor Day all. For everyone who puts in a long day at the office or factory today is for you. For all those who have to figure out how to earn a living by working and has the day off we can thank Labor Unions who pushed for this holiday at the end of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today the Jewish month of Elul begins. This is the end and the beginning. It is the last month of 5771. The end of the year. But the beginning of the process of cheshbon hanefesh which is the deep introspection of the soul. We are to begin the process of repentance now. Not wait for…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized It is time to bring the Prop 8 trial to light. A hearing today was to settle whether the video of the case could be released. The prop 8 people who lost in federal court and have appealed the case to the 9th Circuit only to have it kicked back to California courts to decide…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is Gilad Shalit’s 25th birthday. He has spent five years in captivity. He has been held by Hamas basically in solitary confinement. He has not been visited by Red Cross. He has not been allowed to have any visits with his family. He has lost five years of his youth held imprisoned by the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized With Hurricane Irene about to pounce on the East Coast, the dedication of the new MLK memorial has been postponed. Even as new cracks have been found in the Washington Monument from last week’s unusual 5.8 Virginia earthquake, I can’t help but wonder if those in government who dilly dally around on both sides of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This weekend is the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr monument in our Nation’s Capitol. It is also the anniversary of his “I Have A Dream” Speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 28, 1963. The Memorial called the “Stone of Hope” and pictured here below also includes quotes from…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight we begin an amazing three week class with Kabbalist Gahl Sasson. I want to invite everyone in the LA area to study with this gentle, funny and wise soul! This class (No previous Hebrew knowledge Necessary) “The Mystical Meaning of the Hebrew Letters” will be a powerful journey into kabbalah as described in Sefer…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized There is so much unrest and dis-ease in the world. London has been in flames and chaos and turmoil. Food is running out in Somalia and a severe famine and drought are turning things upside down. Protests in the streets of Israel for affordable housing brought out almost 20 percent of the nation. Massacres…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 