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September 2017

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?I confess a certain impatience with our lectionary calendar at this time of the year.

We come now, in our sequence of Torah-readings, into a long season of hovering on the verge of crossing over into the Promised Land.... Read more about Are We There Yet?

As Dreamers

As DreamersWe are all immigrants and children of immigrants. (At least hardly anyone likely to be reading these words is not.)

Our Torah prescribes that every Israelite, each year, upon bringing first fruits up to the Temple, should recite a brief capsule-version of the story of our Exodus from Egypt, the story of fleeing hardship and persecution to find safe harbor in a promised land.... Read more about As Dreamers

Torah Dying, Torah Living

Torah Dying, Torah LivingSometimes life, and its passing, impinge on Torah. I sit tonight [Thursday night], writing this message, by the coffin of the beloved wife of my dear and revered teacher and rabbi, Art Green, to whom I wish all impossible comforts and true consolations amid all mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.... Read more about Torah Dying, Torah Living