Everyone who’s ever enjoyed a Passover seder knows how wonderful they can be: rousing singing, the story of liberation from bondage, the all-embracing welcoming message inviting “all who are hungry to come and eat.” This story of joy and redemption begins with the immense suffering of the Jewish people during their centuries of bondage in […]
Israeli Election Results: Dead Heat
Latest Israeli election results are contradictory at best. Some polls show the Opposition Blue & White center-right coalition with a four-seat lead over Likud. Others show B&W with a one seat lead or in a tie. UPDATE: Just as I publish this post, with nearly 80% of the vote counted, Likud holds a one seat […]
We Were as Dreamers
Today, Donald Trump killed the dream. He sentenced nearly 1-million American children to exile. Their parents had the good sense to want a better life for them than what they could offer in their homelands. Except they had the misfortune of not waiting till they arrived in this country to birth those babies. That is […]
Seattle Mosque, Synagogues Faithwash Israel-Palestine
The local Seattle Jewish “lifestyle magazine,” Jewish in Seattle, features a story this month promoting a “Jewish -Muslim dialogue group.” The group is composed of 20 individuals, who are Muslim members of MAPS, a Redmond-based mosque; and Temple Herzl Ner Tamid and Congregation Kol Ami of Mercer Island. I was struck by the photograph that accompanies […]
