April 2022
03/30/2022 08:49:55 AM
NOTE: While this occurred in February at the beginning of this war, it is an important story that we must never forget.
On March 6, I had the honor—along...Read more...
March 2022
03/01/2022 10:01:31 AM
We are in the month of Adar ll and Purim occurs Wednesday, March 16 this year. We are commanded to be happy, to drink until we cannot distinguish between the name of Mordecai and Haman, and to enjoy the Purim-spiel, a play...Read more...
February 2022
02/07/2022 03:18:04 PM
Well, we’ve made it through another challenging year. How are you doing? What has been challenging and what has been joyous?
In these times of adapting...Read more...
January 2022
01/06/2022 04:55:59 PM
Happy New Year one and all and welcome 2022. May it be a gentler, healthier year for us and for our world.
I’ve found that acrostics allow me to be philosophical. An acrostic is a poem or other composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in...Read more...
December 2021
12/03/2021 12:18:15 PM
As we head into the last month of 2021, take a moment to stop and look back on what we have accomplished and gained, and what we have succumbed to and lost this past year. It has truly been the best of times and the worst of times.
The Best...Read more...
November 2021
11/20/2021 12:24:48 PM
Happy fall everyone!
Here is my annual November “Thanks” acrostic. Every year I sit and think about what I’m thankful for in my life and what I behold around me in nature, in my congregation, and in the world. In this time of COVID, I am even more aware of God’s precious gifts to us all.
Try creating your own acrostic of thanks this year. Your thoughts might surprise...Read more...
October 2021
09/23/2021 02:36:18 PM
As Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and our Jewish holidays of Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and Sh’mini Atzeret/Yizkor conclude, I find myself thinking about gifts.
We tend to fixate on the big gifts: floods that last 40 days and 40 nights, a column of fire to guide our way, donkeys that speak wise words, and the great Reed Sea parting for our escape from slavery to freedom. Yet, small gifts are visible all around us, holy moments that we take...Read more...
September 2021
08/31/2021 12:48:01 PM
Return again...return again.
We return: from summer to fall, from vacation days to school days, from long sunny days to those shorter, cooler ones.
We also return again to celebrate the Jewish New Year and to contemplate how we have gone astray and what we need to do as we move forward.
But we cannot return to where we were. Yes, we’ll return to in‐person, as well as online services, but we will never return again...Read more...
August 2021
07/21/2021 04:32:32 PM
Last month, I, along with Rabbi Emeritus Kadden and Rabbi Tiwy, as well as 16 congregants, celebrated at the first ever LGBTQ+ interfaith gathering. The event was one of two faith events offered by Tacoma Pride this year.
As a member of the Tacoma Pride Planning Committee...Read more...
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