Bridgegate. The story broke two weeks ago, and updates are still front-page news. Allegedly, New Jersey Governor Christie’s leadership team…
Category: Political
Religion and Politics
If we attend a synagogue, we don’t have to go far to begin to explore multiple perspectives on Israel. We…
Which Israel?
Mediterranean get-away? Holy land? Zionist dream? Occupying power? Geologic wonder? Technological innovator? Last month, we visited them all. Mediterranean Get-away.…
Faith in the Future
This week, I am in Israel. On Friday, I visited with a group of 18-year olds participating in Habonim-Dror [Jewish Youth Movement]…
Mandela and Messianic Time
In less than a week, so much has been said to eulogize Nelson Mandela. Together with Frederik Willem de Klerk,…
Terror in Afula
A numinous dream, last Wednesday: I am on Kibbutz Ein Dor, near the city of Afula in Northern Israel, visiting…
Death and Rebirth
If I lived alone on Planet Laura, I would stop writing about the Pew survey of American Jews, in protest against…
Spiritual Yearnings of American Jews
As Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz writes at Rabbis Without Borders, statistics in the Pew Research Center’s survey of American Jewish attitudes and beliefs are…
Fourteen Prayers for Peace
In 2009, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, with a simple, moving speech. He spoke of the challenge of…