Tugging on some of the threads of the current tangle: Zionism, Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Trauma and . . . Peace. No policy to propose, but principles to take seriously. October 11, 2024.
Read moreIn Dew Season
In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace. Dew Season can suggest how.
Read moreWill and Skill
A vision isn't moot just because there isn’t currently the will and skill to carry it off. There will be.
A drash on Parashat Pekudei, plus a musical setting of Vihi Noam. (And an extra opening story in the audio version.)
Read moreReport Back from Israel, and the Parable of the Toyota In The Gulley
How is it that we can listen to a voice in our ear, directing us on paths that we know will lead to disaster, and still not question? Two weeks in Israel: war, rain, sorrow, and a GPS disaster.
Read moreCome-to-Pharaoh Moment
The war in Israel and Gaza has, I notice, offered to Supporters of Israel and Supporters of Palestine proof of what they already believed. And our city councils have become the proxy battleground. Righteousness is easy. Blame is easy. But empathy is hard and will break us open. If we can't manage some empathy here, what hope is there for reconciliation in the land we all love? This is a Come-to-Pharaoh Moment.
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