Testing My Faith
The opening chapters of Exodus torment me. God waited decades to respond to the cries of the Hebrews in slavery. What kept the people resolute and strong while waiting for […]
Entries by Evan Krame
Finding Our Roots
Season nine of “Finding Your Roots” has begun on PBS. The show is immensely popular with amateur genealogists, active retirees, and armchair liberals. I’m hooked. Who doesn’t want to see […]
Final Conversation
I often see the world through the lens of estate planning. Having worked in the field of estates and trusts for nearly forty years, I connect with Torah stories like […]
Down to Our Expectations
Reading “I am George Floyd”, I took a deep dive into the dystopian and perilous lives of young black men in America. Among many examples, is the likelihood of arrest […]
Call Me By Your Name
Trauma fills the Jewish soul. The suffering may be passing obscurely through the generations. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone’s book “Wounds into Wisdom” explores intergenerational trauma and in particular, the kind experienced […]
Friends Like Siblings
Society has mythologized the sibling relationship with two narratives. The first is of siblings who are best friends, supportive of one another, and devoted. The other storyline is that of […]
Wrestling for Life
While at West Point, Dwight D. Eisenhower began wrestling. He later said that through wrestling “I learned the mental discipline along with maintaining the physical stamina I would need for […]
It is(n’t) Going To Be Alright
“Everything is going to be alright” may be the greatest lie we tell our children. Imagine the swaddled babe in its parents’ arms looking quizzically back up at their parent […]
Ready to Snap
Great challenges make us cry out for answers. Every person will confront deep physical pain or emotional trauma. When the ache becomes agony, when we feel about to snap, we […]
A Dying Business
Since Torah times, people spend too much time on the business of making a funeral. Burying loved ones should not only be a commercial transaction. A funeral is a sacred […]
Evan J. Krame was ordained as a rabbi by the