It’s 1am. I don’t write much at this hour, at least nowadays. But I got a text message with some upsetting news and can’t fall asleep. The news doesn’t affect me directly, but it upsets me directly, and my mind
A Passion to Serve
Today I had the pleasure of hearing Sherry Frank speak about her life story as it is represented in her remarkable book entitled, A Passion to Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist. As Sherry spoke, I found my heart opening
Reading Emerson
How nice to have a few quiet moments on Shabbat afternoon and stumble upon an old volume of Emerson’s collected essays. One entitled, “The Poet,” called to me and in reading it I found this lovely sentiment: We know that
Love that Dog
The yellow cover peeking through the cardboard box jumped out at me. What was this burst of sunlight doing in our mail room? A new book for the 3rd grade. Looks fun. The entire book is a poem? Interesting. I’ve
Indignation
I just finished Indignation by Philip Roth. It was a quick but unsettling read. Set in the early 1950’s it tells the story of a young Jewish man from New Jersey who, fleeing his overbearing father, ends up at a