Telling the Whole Story: Reflections on a Trip to the American South
Race and American history are complex. This is what made our trip so difficult, and so important.
Race and American history are complex. This is what made our trip so difficult, and so important.
I, and members of the Temple Beth Am (TBA) leadership, made such a decision recently. It was to permit a group of TBA members to self-organize, under the informal imprimatur of the TBA communal banner.
I celebrate dreaming about the next time I will be able to visit, all the while committing to doing my part to earn the love of the fragile yet sturdy, vulnerable yet mighty, maddening yet exquisite, divided and divisive but also singular in purpose State of Israel.
We pull meaning and purpose from even the hardest of circumstances.
Life and laughter can be one of the buoys that keeps our heads above stormy waters.
There is such joy in seeing a member of your community in person: having them articulate what has been painful and distressing about this era.
Jews know that broken glass always means more than one thing.
What’s darker than not being able to see the people you love?