This summer I decided to cover my guitar with old Israeli stamps. I don’t know what prompted my decision, but I’m happy with it. Reflecting now, I suppose it honors my belief that music isn’t about entertainment but about transportation. Stamps serve the function of allowing items to travel from one place to another. […]
Archives for November 2016
Silent Heads
What do you see in this photograph? What feelings do the styrofoam faces and busts evoke? What associations come to mind? If they could speak, what would they say?
How can we say thank you more often?
It’s simple. Did you have a good day? Thank you. A bad day? Thank you. A frustrating day? Thank you. A blessed day? Thank you. A forgettable day? Thank you. A boring day? Thank you. An inspiring day? Thank you. A transformational day? Thank you. An unsettling day? Thank you. A peaceful day? Thank […]
Thoughts on the 2016 presidential election
Each of us woke up this morning. I’ve got to say that the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America caught me by surprise. So much so, that I’m very much in the midst of making meaning out of the experience of seeing this begin to unfold around me. Here […]
A Blessing for Grandparents Day
Dear God, Source of life, source of blessing, source of miracles. We thank you for granting us the ability to witness and experience miracles. The miracles of love and family, of children and grandchildren, of a chain of tradition that extends across the generations. The miracles of growth and transformation, Of learning and discovery, of […]
Then and now
today I found myself praying in the chapel that I prayed in as a rabbinical student. Sitting among the rabbinical students and professors I found myself overcome with emotion i thought about their voices and the voices that filled this same space in the years when I was a rabbinical student I thought about my […]