Resilience When We Would Rather Not Remember
Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. It’s just a few weeks until Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish season of teshuvah (repentance, repair, return) is upon us. And […]
Entries by R' Evan Krame
We have no secrets
Recent news reports are replete with stories of people who fail to intercede against bad behavior. For example, one college sports team coach now Congressman turned a blind eye to locker […]
The Eye is in the Hand of the Beholder
Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. If art and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, then what about spirituality and especially communal spirituality? […]
Jewish Navigation Systems
I gave a talk at a local synagogue on textual activism; ways of using our Torah to support civic engagement. Afterward, I received a critique. I can sermonize all I want, but […]
Spirituality When Life Says No
Modern spirituality seems to echo advice of an old standard: “accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.” Who doesn’t groove on light, love and can-do spirit? Each “yes” of affirmation and empowerment […]
The Way We Weren’t
Memories may light the corners of Barbra’s mind, but they often darken our own psyche. Resilience is found in your ability to understand memory as a particular tool that can […]
Seeing it All
Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. I’ve heard it countless times, especially over the last few weeks: “Depending on where I look around me, I […]
Now Count This!
Counting the people of the tribes of Israel is a recurring event of the Book of Numbers, so I thought I’d do a little modern counting of my own. 18. White […]
When Resilience is Just Stubborn: The Art of Quitting
Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. Ever feel like you’re pushing a boulder up a hill and soon will reach the top if you just […]
Time to Act (my sermon for Shabbat Chukat)
Upon watching a documentary about World War One I learned that the United States entered the Great War because we believed in a greater good, a higher calling and a noble cause.
Evan J. Krame was ordained as a rabbi by the