With Father’s Day coming up, in addition to celebrating, honoring and elevating the role of the fathers in our lives, I am thinking about how fathers model what it means to be “a man” especially for our sons.
Baseless Love
With the commemoration of the destruction of the Temple that once stood in Jerusalem, the last two months of the year (Tammuz and Av) are recalled in Jewish history as a darker time, in which conflict, brokenness and baseless hatred ruled the day. In this other dimension, we have harder days to travel before arriving at the newness and light that the high holidays bring.
Living “Both/And” Lives
Living a “both… and” life is not always simple, but it reflects the truth about our lives. And that truth is complex.
Turning Toward, Not Away
Living in Jerusalem right now, I am deeply concerned about the brewing violence in our mixed Jewish-Arab cities, (which, as it turns out, comprises most of Israel’s urban life). I also know that turning toward each other is so much more important than turning away.
Flexing Different Muscles
Given the recent violence in Israel between extremist groups, and the relative youth of those who were swept up in the violence, I am moved to write this week about […]
