The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. No, Katie, you are not a Jedi. I received the following email from Katie.I’ve changed details (like her real name and any other identifying information). Rabbi Brian, I’m having a difficult time with the vice-president […]
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The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. WE SHALL OVERCOME The gunman. I will not use his name. He has woken in me an eternal truth that comforts me. Some are born with darker skin, gay, or are otherwise categorized outside of “normal,” I
The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. Introduction When anti-Semitic violence occurs, Brian and I are surrounded by lots of love and support. Many non-Jewish friends are horrified and they tell us they have our backs as an interfaith/intercultural family. On Saturday afternoon, a neighbor with tears
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The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. A celebration of life and religious service ended with eleven people killed and six wounded. Unimaginable. Unimaginable. Unimaginable. I spent Saturday fluctuating between shock, rage, and utter despair. The word that came most to mind is this: disheartened. I
The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. Fuck! I crossed a line. I didn’t need to do that. Really. I didn’t. I didn’t need to put that “bad” word there so big. I didn’t. This is not an article about cursing. Or even about the power of words.
The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. The universe is how it is. Do something. I pick up trash while I jog. As a guy, I feel safe being outside before it is light. This allows me to jog around my neighborhood before my
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The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. Part One: It's real The smell of fear In 2008, research scientists at Stony Brook University attached moisture absorbing pads to two different sets of participants to collect their sweat. Treadmill joggers First time skydivers
The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. Our kitchen had become a mess, as it often does, and I asked my nine-year-old daughter for help. She put a chair in front of the refrigerator, took down all the pictures and magnets, she sprayed and wiped it
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The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. You’re tense. That’s yours. I’m at Trader Joe’s checking out. This is not the first “a-ha” moments I’ve had checking out at Trader Joe’s. Luis, a jovial man I’ve gotten to know a bit, asked as part of the
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The 77% Weekly Newsletter SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT DELIVERED FRESH TO YOUR INBOX 40/52 WEEKS A YEAR. FREE. Often after school, Emmett comes downstairs to my home-office and sits on the back of my chair. He climbs up and wedges himself between my back and the back of the chair. This forces me to the front of
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