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How fast do you want Peace Calm Joy Love Help ? I have given up teaching math, Hebrew, and Judaism to focus on helping adults be kinder. Because when I realized that I have a gift for teaching, I thought I ought use it to teach only the most important of things — wisdom
— Emmett is three. Annie is one. We are at the LA Zoo, making our way from the entrance to the animals. Years ago, the entrance was moved, for better parking. That made visitors, like us, pass through the main gates, climb a large hill, and walk about a quarter of a mile before
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After hearing the cycle of the alarm clock and snooze button from 7:00 until now, 7:32, I open her shades and curtain. “Time to get up,” I coo, trying to soften the transition from delicious sleep to preparing for school. She orients herself to the room and declares, “I need eight more minutes of
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 one of the difficulties. Hi. I’m Rabbi Brian. I’ve been assigned to provide you with assistance. Today we will be looking at “Starting a New Religion, Section 1Eª 1-5: God
“Do you see these?” I ask, pointing to the dozens of packing slips I have taped to the wall next to the fire escape of my classroom in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California. I continue. “Do you realize what these mean? Each and every one of these papers means that a random stranger believes
Rabbi Brian’s Reluctant Revelation I didn’t get the calling until I dropped out of being a real rabbi. I’d always assumed people who talked about a personal calling from the divine were nutter butters. And, I’m not a nutter butter. I’m one of the most rational, analytical people I know. I was captain of the
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In what used to be the sisters’ laundry building, I sit in a standard-issue, burgundy, vinyl, wingback chair. Marylhurst University’s conference center. Lake Oswego, Oregon. At the time, I am the only rabbi in the world teaching mathematics in a Catholic high school. Both non-teaching staff and us with more direct youth interface are
A certain type of experience I first remember having a certain type of experience in late 2007. Emmett is a wee-little one. Annie, not yet born. Jane and I are asleep in our bed. Sleeping as well as exhausted new parents sleep. The baby monitor alerts us to Emmett’s stirring. Jane nudges me, “It’s your
Some. Experience. A certain type of experience I first remember having a certain type of experience in late 2007. Emmett is a wee-little one. Annie, not yet born. Jane and I are asleep in our bed. Sleeping as well as exhausted new parents sleep. The baby monitor alerts us to Emmett’s stirring. Jane nudges me,