Talkin’ about a Revelation – Leadership on Shavuot
From the Russian Revolution to the Hippies and ending South African Apartheid, Jews as a people have been involved in movements of social change. Many of our chaggim mark moments of change but none...
View ArticleA Channuka Letter to My Peers – This is Our Time
Most Jewish festivals have no heroes but although Purim has a couple, Channuka boasts a whole group of them. Channuka gives us fantastic fodder for reflecting on leadership by a group rather than an...
View ArticleOh sister, where art thou?
The silence of international feminists in response to the horrific sexual violence against women by Hamas on October 7th is deafening
View ArticleWhat ‘Am Echad’ looks like in the new world
Something in the way Israel and the Diaspora perceive each other changed on October 7th. On October 6th, we saw a strong, confident Israel, arguably more distant from the Diaspora in economic,...
View ArticleMeditation on Jeremiah Prophet of Hope
Most years, Rosh Hashana arrives and many of us feel unfairly taken by surprised, unprepared. This year, I feel we are all so prepared. We have been introspecting for 52 weeks almost to the day. We are...
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