Monday, September 11, 2017

The Four Weeks of Elul 5777: Week Four – Our Physical Selves

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Dear Friends, Over the past several days we have all been focused on news about the hurricanes, earthquakes and fires that have devas...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Hiding Behind Our "Screens"...The 4 Weeks of Elul 5777 - Week 3: Personal and Professional Relationships

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Dear Friends, Like many of you, I spend a lot of time staring at screens.  Whether it is my cell phone, computer or television, I am i...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Help Our Sister Congregation in Houston, Temple Emanu El

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Dear Friends, Like all of you, I have been following the tragic events unfolding in Houston and throughout the Gulf of Mexico with incre...
Monday, August 28, 2017

The Eye of the Storm: Limitations and Possibilities - Our Spiritual Selves. The Four Weeks of Elul: Week Two

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Dear Friends, As I write this letter, the news from Texas and the Gulf Coast about Hurricane Harvey is foremost on all our minds.  T...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Reflections on the Unetaneh Tokef Prayer

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“On Rosh HaShanah it is written, On Yom Kippur it is sealed:  Who shall live and who shall die…..” Dear Friends, Each year, when we r...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Elul and the Eclipse: The Four Weeks of Elul. Week 1 - Our communal Selves

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My Dear Friends, The first day of the Hebrew month of Elul arrived concurrently with a total solar eclipse - the first in 37 years o...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

The Banality of Evil: Why We Must Respond Forcefully to Racism

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Watching the reports of violence, hatred, hypocrisy and political turmoil in the wake of the  Neo-Nazi, racist riots on the streets of Charl...