A Poem for Marion
In memory of Marion Freed who left us December 22, 2011. ‘Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love,...
I Am My Brother's Keeper
On Thanksgiving, we recall the joint celebration of the newly arrived settlers at Plymouth with Wampanoag Indians, a people who had lived...
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights
On Chanukah (which begins at sundown on December 12 this year) Jews recall the miraculous victory of the Maccabees and their small, but...
Pasadena here I come! (Speaking event October 26)
I'm thrilled to be returning to Pasadena to speak at the Pasadena Central Library today, Thursday, October 26 at 7 p.m. Here's a...
Some Thoughts For Yom Kippur
Americans used to vote for the candidates they liked the most. Now, they vote against the person they hate the most. This is a tragedy...
A sermon for Rosh Hashana
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of time, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of light,...
Where were you on 9/11?
On 9/11, Marion and I were in Paris at the Hotel Regina on Rue St. Honore. Regina is a lovely hotel on the right bank of the Seine,...
The Lessons of the Eclipse
My day began in Los Angeles with a reflected view (we were warned to avoid eye contact) of the Celestial Minuet as the full eclipse of...
On Reflection After Charlottesville
In these mad times where lunatics blow holes in everything ennobling about life, togetherness, brotherliness and sisterhood, we must not...
Tu B'Av, A Celebration of Love
Tu B’Av, the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Av, was decreed by the rabbis as a festival of love to be celebrated every year at the...
