On the same day that a full page ad to visit the Rebbe’s grave appeared in the New York Times in celebration of his 13th yahrzeit, I headed to a different set of graves, in the aptly named Gravesend, a great Brooklyn neighborhood near Avenue U and Van Sicklen.
For years I had wanted […]
Gillian Laub talks about her book Testimony at CBE at 8 pm.
Come meet this amazing and inspiring photographer and learn about these stories of strength and triumph.
Still pulling for the Brewers, but the kids need a home team, no?
We’re Mets fans in our house and suffering through the first real slump since my daughters began to learn to love baseball.
Tonight, we sang the blues with Yo La Tengo.
It’s only June.
The pitchers will find their spots.
The batters will hit the ball.
Amen.
Last Shabbat morning was the second in my three part series on looking at issues of homosexuality in the Biblical tradition.
We’re doing this in the lead up to Pride Shabbat, which will be celebrated tonight at services and tomorrow night, where CBE members will march in the Brooklyn Pride Parade.
The second session focused […]
This week I am participating in discourse on Faith In Public Life, a DC organization for faith leaders to talk about justice and do the public good.
This began in response to the “Faith Debate” between the 3 leading Democratic candidates.
Here’s my final response today–albeit somewhat cranky.
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While it’s true that a Progressive Religious Voice is critical […]
I heard of Richard Serra’s work before I saw it, from two painters, each of whom said that the sculptor was an influence on how they conceived of light and space in their own work.
Then I saw pictures of his work, which never really does it justice.
And then one Passover afternoon, we drove […]
Israeli writer and historian Tom Segev will speak about his new book, 1967: Israel, the War and the Year That Transformed the Modern Middle East at Beth Elohim on Thursday night June 6 at 8 pm.
Segev, whose stellar career has tracked Israel’s development from its founding until today, should shed important light on this […]
Joe Strummer was born John Mellor in 1952, the mostly Scottish, part Armenian, part Jewish son of a self-made diplomat of socialist leanings.
The Daily News reports on Toby Pannone today, in an article about how an online community has tried to help Mooki, Stephen and Yoni support little Toby through his struggle with cancer.
Two of the more powerful statements Mooki made in the story include the fact that many of those who have helped are people she […]
Last month I participated in a symposium called Conference for Change in which leaders from the North American Jewish community came together to talk about raising consciousness and awareness about inequities among women, LGBTs and Jews of Color in the Jewish community.
We talked alot but thanks to the leadership of Shifra Bronznick, we all had […]