Category Archives: Mindfulness
Staycation
For my family, a “staycation” is code for many things. It’s code for, we can’t afford a vacation right now. It’s also code for, we will stay in the cold and snowy, damp and dark Chicago winter instead of soaking … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Love, Mindfulness, parenting, Uncategorized
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Kol Nidre: You Have Permission
[To the tune of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood theme song] It’s a beautiful eve in the sanctuary, a solemnly evening in the synagogue. I’m glad you’re here, I’m glad to share, this holy day with you. I was 36 years old … Continue reading
Se’mu Lev: Pay Heed
Day One: It was a truly beautiful day filled with awe-inspiring moments, facts, tours, descriptions, long walks, new sights and smells and… a day that required stamina and patience. See, there was a massive labor strike in Israel over the … Continue reading
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AFTER THE GRIEF
The feelings of anger and despair I have will in time morph into action and revolutionary love. We are strong and courageous and in this together and right and there are too many people who need us. We need us. … Continue reading
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Fear: Face Everything And Rise: A Kol Nidre Sermon
Do you remember the Billy Crystal movie, Mr. Saturday Night? Billy Crystal plays Buddy and David Paymer plays his brother Stan. As kids, they put together vaudeville routines and performed at family get-togethers, but when they finally get their chance … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, High Holidays, holidays, Love, Mindfulness, sermons, Shana Tova, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Lew, Be still and get going, Exodus, Faith, Fear, Henri Nouwen, Yom Kippur
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Hearing Loss and Love
I’m a little embarrassed to report that for the past year, I’ve been asking people to repeat themselves in conversation with me. I have been demanding that my kids stop mumbling. While on the bima, I felt ashamed that I … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Mindfulness, parenting, Uncategorized, vulnerability
Tagged acceptance, Don Miguel Ruiz, gratitude, hearing loss, love, vulnerability
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Pictures on the Second Day of School
Yesterday my three kids and I were running late. It is not uncommon for us to be behind schedule on a school day, but yesterday was the first day of school! I wanted it to be a morning of calm. … Continue reading
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2014 Rosh Hashanah Sermon~Two Days Before the Bat Mitzvah: An Ethical Will to Our Children
G, our twelve and a half year old daughter’s Bat Mitzvah is in a few days: Two Days actually. It is on Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This, as you know is not the … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, Mindfulness, parenting, sermons
Tagged Bat Mitzvah, Children, Ethical Wills, High Holidays, Israel, Mindful Parenting, parenting, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah Sermon
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Israel, Compassion and The Self
When I was in college, my Muslim friend Alia and I, with the help of Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, who gave us $2500 seed money, created the student organization P.E.A.C.E: People Encouraging Acceptance through Communication and Education … Continue reading
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Ayin Tova: To See The Good 
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