"Selectivity and Moral Outrage" (please have a look at the Brett Stevens Column re Moral Outrage -- written as an indictment of the "Moral Outrage crowd" along with the so-called "virtue-signaling-selection-crowd"). Drawing on the Past Deuteronomy (from the Parsha) 13:29 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 8/21
Political Conventions and Presidents of elite universities -- Nero fiddles while Rome burns . . . the times, (and the presidents), they are a-changin' -- and we are changing too. This week's haftara: Isaiah 49:14 וַתֹּ֥אמֶר צִיּ֖וֹן עֲזָבַ֣נִי יְהֹוָ֑ה וַאדֹנָ֖י שְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃ Zion says, “ GOD … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 8/18
"Deja Jew all over again" To keep us with writings, readings, prophecies, and the world around us, and in order to help us better ponder "today" . . . let's have another look at Esther, who for a variety of reasons, some might say political, maybe even social, and certainly emotional reasons, … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 8/14
dis/unity in the face of chaos . . . is it "about time" -- or is it about "time?" or is it just another case of . . . "Lost in Space" 🎶 It's about time it's about space -- it's about strange people in the strangest place Where will they go - what will they do In this strange place where … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 8/11
Tisha b'Av: The Ninth Day of the Hebrew Month of Av Tisha B'Av is not a great day . . . a time in which we are more than able to hurt each other, even and especially our family, our loved ones, and in those whom we are bound so closely together. And if that were not enough . . . from generation … [Read more...]
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