February 2, 2023Crossing from Georgia into Alabama on I-75, our group of rabbis entered the first rest stop. A large carved stone…
January 28, 2023Cemeteries are storytellers of history. Tombstones remind the world we were here. Deeply rooted in Jewish Tradition is the preservation…
January 22, 2023In preparing to visit Alabama on a civil rights mission, I’ve been learning about the lingering effects of slavery. Among…
January 15, 2023The opening chapters of Exodus torment me. God waited decades to respond to the cries of the Hebrews in slavery.…
January 8, 2023Season nine of “Finding Your Roots” has begun on PBS. The show is immensely popular with amateur genealogists, active retirees,…- December 31, 2022I often see the world through the lens of estate planning. Having worked in the field of estates and trusts…
December 25, 2022Reading “I am George Floyd”, I took a deep dive into the dystopian and perilous lives of young black men…- December 17, 2022Trauma fills the Jewish soul. The suffering may be passing obscurely through the generations. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone's book “Wounds into…
December 11, 2022Society has mythologized the sibling relationship with two narratives. The first is of siblings who are best friends, supportive of…- December 4, 2022While at West Point, Dwight D. Eisenhower began wrestling. He later said that through wrestling “I learned the mental discipline…
