Newsletter Archive
03/18/2024 - The potential purpose and promise of Purim
03/11/2024 - Embracing the back and forth nature of life
03/04/2024 - What would teshuva/change from love look like?
02/26/2024 - Being perfectly imperfect
02/19/2024 - Good leaders bring people together
02/12/2024 - How to bring Sinai into the everyday
02/05/2024 - Finding oneness in our wor
01/29/2024 - Rejecting the separation of church and state?
01/22/2024 - A mother's broken heart
01/15/2024 - Oneness and hope
01/08/2024 - Envisioning a hopeful future
01/01/2024 - It all began with the mid-wives
12/25/2023 - Models of vulnerability and authoritarianism
12/18/2023 - Walk like an Egyptian--or not?
12/11/2023 - Finding light in a darkening world
12/04/2023 - What is essential for leadership
11/27/2023 - Feeling safe in order to move forward
11/20/2023 - Searching for truth even unto its innermost parts
11/13/2023 - Shema: to listen and to be heard
11/06/2023 - Faith in God or Faith in life?
10/30/2023 - Why did God choose Abraham?
10/23/2023 - Is there a mitzvah to help your enemy?!
10/16/2023 - Holding on to the light
10/09/2023 - Over these I weep! (Lamentations 1:16)
10/02/2023 - Absorbing Torah through our dancing feet
09/26/2023 - Joy is a gift that only we can give ourselves
09/18/2023 - Environmental U-netaneh Tokef
09/11/2023 - Noticing beginnings!
09/05/2023 - The power of imperfection
08/25/2023 - The transformative nature of the Hasidic notion of Teshuvah
06/19/2023 - For king or for country? What is our leadership?
06/12/2023 - Creating our own personal Oral Torah
06/05/2023 - Misremembering the past
05/29/2023 - Moving ahead in uncertainty
05/22/2023 - Finding your letter of the Torah
05/15/2023 - Making people count
05/08/2023 - Time can't be stopped. It can be used well.
05/01/2023 - Netzah/determination with Hod/compromise
04/24/2023 - Escaping the scapegoat
04/17/2023 - Living outside the gates
04/10/2023 - Spilling wine--spilling blood
04/03/2023 - We the four children--all of them
03/27/2023 - Actually, Jews don't bow to God.
03/20/2023 - All around--everywhere--holy holiness!
03/16/2023 - A new piece for Passover
03/13/2023 - Building a welcome for God
03/06/2023 - When Torah ceased being black fire on white fire
02/27/2023 - Life is lived in community
02/20/2023 - Constant commandments--mitzvot temidiyot
02/13/2023 - It is all about the intention
02/06/2023 - Existential unknownness
01/30/2023 - Judaism Disrupted
01/23/2023 - Renewal-our most hopeful possibility
01/16/2023 - Standing on a cliff
01/09/2023 - Unexpected steps to freedom
01/02/2023 - Carrying Joseph's Technicolor Vision with Us
12/26/2022 - Close Encounters of the First Kind
12/18/2022 - I am asking for the light
12/12/2022 - The road straight to nowhere
12/05/2022 - you can see forever when the vision is clear
11/28/2022 - Blessings aren't bestowed; they are created
11/21/2022 - Recreating abundance and Thanksgiving
11/14/2022 - The true measure of our character
11/07/2022 - How to corrupt a society.
10/31/2022 - Hospitality is greater than greeting God.
10/24/2022 - It is all about responsibility!
10/16/2022 - Don't be afraid of the possible
10/09/2022 - Environmentally desecrating the name of God
10/03/2022 - Yom Kippur is not what it looks like
09/25/2022 - Returning and reparations for all that is lost
09/19/2022 - The severe decree is being cut off from others
09/12/2022 - Unetaneh tokef part 2 It is all about connection!
09/05/2022 - Elul and a "This too shall pass" practice
06/27/2022 - Korah, Moses and Roe vs. Wade
06/20/2022 - Journeying: Lekh Lekha to Shelakh Lekha
06/13/2022 - A Free Lunch! Price: Forgetfulness
06/06/2022 - Leadership is lifting people up not putting them down
05/30/2022 - Sinai needs enactment, not reenactment.
05/23/2022 - The world stands upon three, no six things
05/16/2022 - The trap of self justifying middot/"ethical" qualities
05/09/2022 - The Voice of Sinai calls us to be free
04/11/2022 - The Seder as a road map to freedom
04/04/2022 - The truth of Passover will set you free
03/28/2022 - Believe that everyday can lead to renewal.
03/21/2022 - A silent call to change the world
03/14/2022 - Purim--silly and also of the utmost seriousness
03/07/2022 - Animal sacrifices and the practice of letting go.
02/28/2022 - What building the sanctuary tells us about freedom
02/21/2022 - Bringing Shabbat and oneness into the week
02/14/2022 - Seeing the world through God's eyes
02/07/2022 - Wrapping ourselves in garments of light
01/31/2022 - Building our world and our hearts into a sanctuary
01/24/2022 - We are all strangers in a strange land.
01/17/2022 - Finding your way home from Sinai.
01/10/2022 - The temptation to return to Mitzrayim/Egypt once again.
01/03/2022 - Entering a new year!
12/27/2021 - From lost to found
12/20/2021 - Freedom also from unrealistic expectations
12/13/2021 - Remember you were a stranger and also redeemed
12/06/2021 - What is the stone covering my heart?
11/29/2021 - By your light we can see light
11/22/2021 - Sex and responsibility-the story of Tamar and Judah
11/15/2021 - No yellow brick road just a zig zag path
11/08/2021 - Finding light in the heart of darkness.
11/01/2021 - A gift in the middle of a day
10/25/2021 - Abraham in the morning
10/18/2021 - Did the patriarchs get a Jewish education?
10/11/2021 - Stopping by a woods on a fiery evening
10/04/2021 - Judaism's inadequate principle on the environment
09/27/2021 - Carrying Torah for the journey
09/20/2021 - Building homes and lives that are open and vulnerable
09/13/2021 - Teshuva is a radical freedom from the past
09/06/2021 - We are the NEW in the New Year!
08/30/2021 - Teshuva/change out of love not fear
08/23/2021 - All for One and oneness for all
08/16/2021 - Elul, High Holidays, and Change
06/28/2021 - Zealotry to Peace; Elijah learns the lesson
06/21/2021 - Talking donkeys and making good choices
06/14/2021 - Emerging from the cave of Covid
06/07/2021 - Humiliation or humility?
05/31/2021 - In memory of George Floyd
05/24/2021 - "I'm on my way to the freedom land."
05/16/2021 - Shavuot: The Torah is all about freedom!
05/10/2021 - "I'd rather be a hammer----and a nail"
05/03/2021 - Seeking a Torah of connection in a divided time
04/26/2021 - Angels of dust and ashes
04/19/2021 - The corners of your field or the "corners of your wallet"
04/12/2021 - Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it---Confucius
04/05/2021 - "I can't get no satisfaction" (Rolling Stones). Yes we can!
03/29/2021 - Standing at the shore of the Sea of Injustice
03/22/2021 - Using Passover to create a social justice practice
03/15/2021 - Not remembering but renewing our Exodus to freedom
03/08/2021 - God's plan: working six days and resting on Shabbat
03/01/2021 - The whole truth is: Nothing is the truth
02/22/2021 - God makes the Israelites an offer they can't refuse!
02/15/2021 - No "it's not the economy," it's community.
02/08/2021 - What are your Ten Commandments for our time?
02/01/2021 - The Torah of Yitro at Mount Sinai
01/25/2021 - It really is a Happy New Year for trees
01/18/2021 - It is a new day dawning.
01/11/2021 - The photo is not a mistake
01/04/2021 - A bush that is on burning or bringing light
12/14/2020 - Light tomorrow with today! --Elizabeth Browning
12/07/2020 - It's only completely dark when we close our eyes
11/30/2020 - Wrestling at night, hugging in the light--being human
11/23/2020 - Stopping in the dark woods and discovering they're home
11/16/2020 - 'tis the season to be grateful!
11/09/2020 - See that this is a country of possibilities--Kamala Harris
11/02/2020 - It this challenging time, let hope and history rhyme!
10/26/2020 - Only one thing required for life's journey--be a blessing
10/19/2020 - real unity comes from diversity not sameness
10/12/2020 - Pre-election practice: Bringing pieces of Shabbat into your weekdays
10/05/2020 - Carrying the Torah and being carried by it.
09/29/2020 - a flimsy sukkah/booth---a structure for this moment
09/21/2020 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Yom Kippur and me (and you)
09/14/2020 - Tekiah--Listen! today is what we have
09/07/2020 - Believe: Just as you can screw up--you can repair!
08/31/2020 - We are all imperfect---teshuva/change--part 2
08/24/2020 - A different approach to doing teshuva/change--part 1
08/17/2020 - the gift of connection during a time of isolation
08/10/2020 - an ancient but relevant approach to social justice
08/03/2020 - An ancient story of hope in the face of despair
06/29/2020 - Obeying the law destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem?
06/22/2020 - Reaching across the chasm
06/15/2020 - Neither giants nor grasshoppers--just a way ahead!
06/08/2020 - Who will raise their hands in blessing?
06/01/2020 - "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" and George Floyd
05/25/2020 - E pluribus unum and Shavuot?
· 05/18/2020 - "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow"--Fleetwood Ma
· 05/11/2020 - Guess what is the worst sin? Using a demeaning nickname!?
· 05/4/2020 - "Responsible holiness" is what Judaism is about
· 04/27/2020 - Is holiness about rejecting the worldly or embracing it?
· 04/20/2020 - The truth and nothing but the truth is not true
· 04/13/2020 - The answer lies in a song of songs
· 04/06/2020 - Using the Seder steps as a journey to freedom
· 03/30/2020 - Dayenu--practicing balance in stressful times
· 03/23/2020 - A Plague of Darkness covered our land
· 03/16/2020 - In a time of plague:
· 03/09/2020 - Don't ignore the broken pieces
· 03/02/2020 - Be Happy it is Purim and the month of Adar!
· 02/24/2020 - Building a portable sanctuary for traveling this world
· 02/17/2020 - Torah --for goodness sake!
· 02/10/2020 - Writing the Torah scroll of your life
· 02/03/2020 - watered feet are just the price for coming home
· 01/27/2020 - How to overcome your fear of freedom!
· 01/20/2020 - Welcome to my newsletter
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