Kristallnacht – far longer than a night

This was shared at the 85th Commemoration of Kristallnacht at Queens University of Charlotte. Kristallnacht – some call it the night of broken glass but it wasn’t just a night. …

Shloshim – Thirty Days

Od lo avdah tikvateinu – Our hope is not lost. The first thirty days of grief has passed yet tragically still we grieve and still we weep. The cloud of…

Oneness

Three weeks ago this Shabbat, our Jewish world was turned upside down in a way that it will never, in our lifetime, be the same.  In the midst of this…

We will survive and we will thrive

This talk was delivered at the Hadassah Celebrate the Tatas Event. It is so good to be together. We all need community. We all need Jewish community – now more…

Paving Paths to Understanding and Healing

Faculty from multiple faiths are invited to share reflections prior to our faculty meetings. As fate would have it, I was asked to share a reflection prior to yesterday’s faculty…