When Will This Pass Over? – By Marc
I am lost. I am sad. I am angry and confused. I watch the news and it sinks me. It is dark and grim. I am lost, knowing that I […]
I am lost. I am sad. I am angry and confused. I watch the news and it sinks me. It is dark and grim. I am lost, knowing that I […]
The more you know, the better off you are. I truly believe this. I will never forget being invited to Rabbi Steven Leder’s house shortly after I had arrived in […]
We learn amazing lessons everywhere. If we truly believe that Hashem has created everything, which we do, then it would follow that the lessons that come to us, no matter […]
As an American Jew I feel like I get two do overs every year. One for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and then another for New Year’s Eve. Two times […]
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I often go deep and personal and am willing to share some fairly private thoughts. I do this as […]
I’d like to riff off the ending of Ben’s blog post last week, partly because I am a list maker… and partly because it is a smart thing to do. […]
How do we perceive the world? How do we see and process events, emotions, tragedies and celebrations?Being a human means a lot of “alone” moments, where it is just us […]
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite American holiday. The fact that it has gotten so lost, and is now simply a shopping day and a stepping stone to Christmas makes […]
Before I start, I just want to mention that I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Israeli singer/songwriter Idan Raichel at CSULA this past weekend. His music is powerful and […]
We wake… Sometimes with a pounding headache… or maybe even some dread… If we watched the news the night before and drifted off to that, some horrible stories may have […]