Posted by in Uncategorized Parshat Beha’alotcha Numbers 8:1-12:16 This past week U.S. Senate Candidate Rand Paul from Kentucky made headlines because he criticized the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Paul, the son of libertarian darling, Ron Paul, said that the government should not enforce civil rights. Backed by the Tea Party, he won a primary race for a Kentucky…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Is the compromise on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell good enough? No I don’t think so. This week the Obama Administration along with Democratic leaders in the House and Senate crafted a compromise bill on repealing the oppressive Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy put in place during the Clinton Administration. DADT policy has affected more 14,…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized When I was a little girl I would spend time with my only living grandparent; My father;s mother-Fannie. She was a little lady and made awesome tea cookies! I remember her upper apartment and the small kitchen and the “cooking” we would do. We always made what she called a mish mash. A mish mash was a…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Things are moving quickly– the White House according to the Advocate.com is pushing for a compromise that would be no compromise really and still give the Pentagon and military brass the ability to discriminate…. We need you to call now and tell them discrimination is unacceptable. Especially because if a Republican administration is elected…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Okay you are not supposed to say these two things in the same sentence. Wagner and the Jews. The composer Richard Wagner wrote many operas or music dramas as he called them. He wrote both the music and the libretto. But the German composer was known not only for his music but his rampant Anti-Semitism. …Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is the first ever Harvey Milk Day in California. Harvey Milk was assassinated at San Francisco City Hall along with Mayor George Moscone by fellow supervisor Dan White. Harvey was the first openly gay elected official in America. And May 22 is his birthday! Known as the Mayor of Castro Street Harvey owned a camera store in…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized So the leak in the Gulf of Mexico goes on and on. Remember it is more than a month old. The Horizon Deepwell Rig blew up April 20. Conveniently for Transocean who owns the rig the last seven hours of data about safety precautions and all written documents went down with the rig. Now the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Parshat Naso Numbers 4:21-7:89 At the end of this week’s Torah portion, Naso, in the book of Numbers, Moses finishes assembling the Tabernacle. The tribes have been given their station around the Tabernacle. At the beginning of the portion the three different classifications of Levites, the Merarites, the Kohathites and the Gershonites each are given…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight we kindle the Festival candles for Shavuot. The last of the three major festivals for 5770. We will celebrate the first harvest, the bikkurim and dedicate them to God. We will celebrate the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai and receive the Divine Revelation and there in the wilderness become a People. On Shavuot…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized It is almost time-are You ready? Ready to be at Sinai once again? Shavuot begins Tuesday night. This is the time we Jews celebrate, matan torahteinu, the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. And we wholeheartedly imagine that every Jew was at that great moment of Revelation! Past, present and future. That moment when a…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 