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George Carlin had a routine about how anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac and anyone who drives slower is an idiot. “It’s

  There are difficult things to think about when it comes to starting a new religion. Getting started with filling out the paperwork shouldn’t be

  Years ago, I wisely gifted visiting friends the large, stainless steel mandoline I had received years earlier as a wedding present. (I wrote “I

  It’s raining. People think it’s always raining in Portland, but that’s not true. We have lots of moisture in the air more than 150

Dr. Robert Farrar stands at the front of the corner-windowed third-floor classroom. We are waiting for the official class time. Only then will he begin

  I flew from Los Angeles to New York to attend my friend Arthur’s rabbinic ordination.   “His seminary isn’t legitimate,” I hear from some

  In this moment, I can accurately predict the future—she won’t eat the cheese bagels that she is about to put in the cart.  

  “Do you see these?” I ask, pointing to the dozens of packing slips I have taped to the wall next to the fire escape

  Spiritualigious Shorts Three Rabbi Brian mini-stories. Let them be The Fontainebleau’s lavishly-decorated ballroom is filled with florists, musicians tuning instruments, and a bevy of

  “You are neither obligated to complete the work nor free to keep from trying.” – Rabbi Tarfon (70-135 CE)   *** “I thought a

  “I once wrote a letter to Hafiz,” I tell my friend Mary as we sit, COVID-safe, removing masks to have sips of the cocktails

Love   His name is Nae-nae. Dark gray fur covers his emaciated body. Scabs on the tips of his ears fall off in my fingers

**JACK** I’m walking, excitedly, from the Hall of Philosophy, past Chautauqua’s 3,000 person amphitheater, holding my cell-phone next to my ear talking to Larry, my