March 15, 2020By definition, sacrifices are a pursuit of a holy objective. In this time of pandemic, we are making many sacrifices.…
March 8, 2020The year of counting people is here. When counting people we should remember that while numbers matter, people matter more.…
March 1, 2020Chinese food fascinated the first and second-generation Jews coming to America in the 20th century. Chop suey was so exotic…
February 23, 2020Responses to the presidential debates often focus on individual performances. The pundits focus on the candidates’ pithiness and well-crafted punch…
February 16, 2020A fair and functioning judicial system reflects how we value human life. Justice reigns when clear standards of jurisprudence balance…- February 9, 2020Torah’s most thought-provoking characters are not always “members of the tribe.” Consider, Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, who was a priest…
February 2, 2020Ancestry.com sends me an email when there is new information to be reviewed relating to my family. Most of it…
January 26, 2020If there is a gun in act one, there had better be someone getting shot in act two. And if…
January 19, 2020When I am feeling deeply stressed, I might find my breath is cut short. Moreover, listening becomes difficult. Even if…
January 12, 2020A family joke about my late Uncle Hymie was that he started every story in the beginning, meaning with Adam…
