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Jewish Courage 2022
Is being Jewish dangerous? In 2015, I wrote about the need for Jewish courage in the aftermath of some antisemitic incidents. At the time, I drew comfort from historically low levels of antisemitic attitudes in the United States, and the … Continue reading
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Helping Others Helps Us
One of the most meaningful tasks as a rabbi involves not doing much more than showing up and listening. Even before COVID times, much more of my work time was spent on screens than I would have imagined – researching … Continue reading
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What Now? January 7, 2021
On January 7, 2021. We know the world is different, but in which direction? Continue reading
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This World – Rosh Hashana morning 5777
This post was originally delivered as a Rosh Hashana sermon at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in 2016/5777 as part of a series entitled “This We Believe.” You can hear audio of the sermon through the Kol Hadash Podcast. A vision … Continue reading
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Humanism for Humanistic Jews
This post was originally a 2004 Yom Kippur sermon delivered at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation. Humanists are individuals, and Jews are famous for being opinionated. Imagine the challenge and the paradox of a congregation of Humanistic Jews. When David Ben … Continue reading
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ChoosetoACT-2
#ChoosetoACT number 2 – Donating a heavy box of used children’s books to Bernie’s Book Bank, a wonderful charity that provides free books and even home libraries to children and families who need them. So far, haven’t felt excluded by … Continue reading
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ChoosetoACT #1
You don’t have to buy an American-made plug-in hybrid to #choosetoACT, but mine showed up yesterday! Members of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation are supporting a “Choose to Act” initiative this May 2 as our response to the declared “National Day of Prayer,” … Continue reading
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New Beginnings
Several years ago, shortly before my first child was born, I imagined creating a daily blog to match the “daf yomi” daily page of Talmud study (http://apikorostalmud.blogspot.com/). I managed to keep up some form of the blog for a time, … Continue reading
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