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Football and Values at a Crossroads

As a high school marching band member, I attended every school football game. So, you’d think I could tell you ...

It’s Not Fair!

“It’s not fair!”  If you are like me you have both had this said to you and have said it ...

Renewing Disruptive Innovation

In April, I represented ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal among #tenrabbis joining CLAL co-president Irwin Kula at the TriBeCa Disruptive ...

I Read the News Today… Oh Boy!

Yesterday morning while on the treadmill in the gym, I tuned in to the television to see a brief update ...

Listen to me. Think for yourself

“Why didn’t you listen to me,” I heard a mother tell her daughter on their way out of the mall. ...

Is the Bar Mitzvah Over?

The simple answer, of course, is no. Bar/Bat Mitzvah is one of the most popular Jewish rituals in the United ...

Strangers and Black Crabs

My husband and I just returned from vacation, which included a stop in the Bahamas. Lucky for us, it rained. ...

What the Bible Says About Mother’s Day

“My husband forgot Mother’s Day flowers, so I had sex with another man.” So wrote an anonymous woman disappointed in ...

When a Win is not a Win

At a Jewish education conference once, I was sitting behind two people at a workshop when the rabbi who was ...

Free Speech vs. Constructive Speech

I’ve never met Pamela Geller, but she’s part of my extended family. As far as I know, we aren’t related ...

#Blacklivesmatter Starts with the Soul

As I look at the headlines, I see continuing fallout from police killing another black man, this time in Baltimore. ...

What Do You Do When You Are Betrayed?

You have shared some of your intimate emotional struggles with a colleague and close friend. Very soon afterward you lose ...

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