When Vision Replaces Anger

Jan 22, 2019 by

When Vision Replaces Anger

I’ve been thinking about darkness. In part, that is because there has literally been so much darkness during these last several...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and th...

Mar 6, 2018 by

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Prophets: A 50th Anniversary Appreciation

The night before his death on April 4, 1968 an exhausted Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the Masonic Temple in Memphis. The night...

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A Prayer for Shabbat Tzedek an...

Jan 12, 2017 by

A Prayer for Shabbat Tzedek and MLK Weekend in the Face of Renewed Hatred

This Sabbath, Jews around the world will complete the reading of the Book of Genesis, hold the Torah high, and pronounce, “Chazak,...

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A Full Canteen and a Red Brick...

Jan 14, 2016 by

A Full Canteen and a Red Brick Wall

This weekend I will do what so many of us in the rabbinate will do: celebrate and remember the life and work of Reverend Martin...

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Shabbat Tzedek- Memorializing ...

Jan 14, 2016 by

Shabbat Tzedek- Memorializing Deliverance

As many of us ready ourselves to speak on Shabbat Tzedek in light of its proximity to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I find this week’s...

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