Yesterday, I sat out on Sophia Street and listened. I heard: A woman talking loudly on her cell phone. A…
Month: March 2013
Chesed: Love
Chesed – Love Week One in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine attributes) within…
Competing Myths
Did you retell the story of the Exodus at a Passover Seder this year? If so, which version did you…
Wicked Child
All the Seder-goers I know love reading about the “four children” in the Passover Haggadah. But they all dislike the…
Symbols, Sheep & Seder Plate
As a graduate student in philosophy, I read torturously turgid texts in the “structuralist” philosophical tradition about the difference between…
Animal Torah
The new pope has chosen the name Francis, honouring St. Francis of Assisi, lover of animals, and official Catholic Patron…
Zombie Love
My late mother liked to sing Vernon Dalhart’s The Prisoner’s Song. She especially liked the last two lines. Her version was: If…
One Finger Pointing
On the delta at Boundary Bay on a successful quest to see snowy owls. The owls have flown south for…
International Women's Day: Whose Idea Was It?
International Women’s Day. Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, first proposed the…