Hope Springs Eternal This past week, what we all feared and dreaded finally took place in New York City. A broken man, full of misfortune and resentment, became easy prey Continue Reading »
“Let not Alexander the Small dictate policy to Alexander the Great” It’s now a year in the Jewish calendar from last year’s Election Day. (The Jewish calendar moves 11 days Continue Reading »
Women’s Rights Last Sunday night (10/15), sports announcer, Al Michaels, made a small faux pas, he said, “I mean, let’s face it, the Giants are coming off a worse week than Continue Reading »
Rising Like Oil Above Water The underpinnings of Western philosophy come from three men who lived about 2500 years ago, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Plato was a student of Socrates Continue Reading »
Change The World By Making People Feel Special On August 13th of this year, the following article appeared in the Washington Post CHARLOTTESVILLE — A man accused of plowing a Continue Reading »
Sin Does Not Define Us 3330 years ago, our forefathers did something utterly regrettable. The Bnei Yisrael just heard the Ten Commandments from G-d upon Mt. Sinai and Moses ascends Continue Reading »
Hayom Harat Olam, Hayom Ya’amid BaMishpat…(The New Machzor, page 310) “Today marks the creation of the world. One this day, all the world’s creatures stand before G-d in judgement…” Today Continue Reading »
One year we were having a mice problem at the synagogue, and we couldn’t figure out how to get rid of them. We tried traps, poison, cats, nothing was working. Continue Reading »
Our True Value This past week Hillary Clinton released her book about 2016 Campaign, titled “What Happened.” She won more votes for President than any white man in American history, Continue Reading »
Mandate for Dignity of Others One of the teachings in Parshat Ki Taitzai instructs us that if a man is executed by hanging by the court, his body cannot be Continue Reading »