Troubled Thoughts – Shabbat Lekh L’kha 5781 (2020)
October 30, 2020In this week of painful anniversaries and equally painful local and national happenings, I’ve had an old Paul Simon lyric echoing in my head and heart. And I don’t know [...]
Angels in the Architecture – Shabbat Va-Yeitzei 5779 (2018)
November 16, 2018Song lyrics frequently float around my brain. This week, a verse of Paul Simon’s ‘You Can Call Me Al’ has run in a pretty constant loop. Here goes: A man [...]
The Cracks Remain Open – Shabbat Korah 5778 (2018)
June 15, 2018Here’s the dramatic denouement of the Korah story. “… the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all Korah’s people and all their possessions. They went [...]