Love certainly includes a fairy-tale aspect. No one can really say completely why he or she loves someone. The special…
Category: Love
Maternal Theology
My earliest memory of speaking or thinking about God: I am five years old, maybe only three years old, hanging…
Eulogy for Mom
Ruthie Duhan z”l, 1925-2012 Mom was born in the Bronx in 1925, to parents who had emigrated as children from…
Rabbi Without Borders: Who, Me?
At the final meeting of our Rabbis Without Borders group, our teachers asked, “What is a Rabbi Without Borders?” I…
Open Soul Surgery
Open-heart surgery is eXtreme medicine. It’s like extreme sports except you aren’t fit when you start. And you don’t soar…
Manatee Love
Dugong, dugong, it’s the cow of the sea… Dugong, dugong, also known as the manatee It doesn’t have wings –…
Symbolic Re-call
Sometimes you get a call to re-commit to a spiritual passion. Sometimes the religion of your parents surprises you with…
Belief
What does it mean to “believe” in God? or in an afterlife? Is it like agreeing with a statement? Where…