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The Flags Up Front (P. Toledot)

11/24/2024

We're all global citizens of a shared and fragile planet. And at the same time, Jewish life's public vitality – and with it, global diversity and genuine belonging – tends to ebb and flow in cycles of societal turbulence. Yet again, Jews and other minorities face a recurring existential question: who are we relative to where we are? In the U.S. flag's stars and stripes, there is still enough starlight for all of us.

When Places Double (P. Hayyei Sarah)

11/17/2024

What we call spiritual places, holy sites, are more than our consecrated houses of worship or historical touch points. Understood as they truly are, "holy" places can be the most ordinary ... until life, love, experience and memory change them into something more. Those places can transport us in memory and meaning, mind and heart – if we let them.

Our story of "double" places that become holy sites begins with this week's Torah portion, and continues today.

The Fever Dreams (P. Vayera)

11/10/2024

Spirituality is partly about how our consciousness flows – how we experience our own hearts, minds and spirits. This flow can change for many reasons – misfortune and suffering, shock and awe, profound joy and love. The shift can feel like a fever dream – intense, unreal but totally real, in us and also beyond us.

Maybe the whole country is having a fever dream now. If so, we can take lessons from our spiritual ancestors... and there yet can be so much good.

Where Are We Going – Post-Election 2024 (P. Lekh Lekha)

11/6/2024

As of sunrise after Election Day 2024, we don't know what the days to come will bring – not for us, not for our country, not for the world.

We've never been here before, but in a sense we have. Over the long view of centuries, as a people we have experienced many watershed moments when it all seemed to be at stake.

"Not knowing" where we're headed, poignant and impactful as it is, also reflects deep truth about who we are – and who we must be.

The Flags Up Front (P. Toledot)

When Places Double (P. Hayyei Sarah)

The Fever Dreams (P. Vayera)

Where Are We Going – Post-Election 2024 (P. Lekh Lekha)

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