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The Art of Pulling Strings

Nothing wrong with a bit of influence peddling, you know, pulling a few strings in high places. And, knee-jerk reacting when stressed out by a low flying comment or a near collision behavior is parr for the course.  And falling on the sword of a past experience never sapped of it’s bitting energy is what…

Religion Is Power

The power of a religion is in it’s freedom of choice. Religion is a response to the harshest reality that we all endure: we want to live to the end of time and we know we do not have enough time to do that.  Life is finite!  Ouch! So, what do we do?  We make…

Embers of the Sacred — Let there Be Light!

We are what we create.  So, light, the very first creation, must be a divine inspiration…the footprint of god and if so, art must be god’s fingerprint. The light that expands the non-limits of the universe was once contained, encapsulated and condensed.  And then the sparks exploded creating every direction.  We measure time by them.…

The Sacred, the Essential and the Eternal

They are as close as breath and as near as an embrace. They are not in Heaven or across the great Oceans. There are here, besides you, around you, in you. There, in the corner partially obscured is a tower of blue chairs. There is what you have been looking for…searching. There in a stacked…

I am a Union Man

I attended the Hebrew Union College to study for the rabbinate. The word “Union” is expressive. It represents my personal connection with Judaism (unconventional and unorthodox). The term is used by those who strive to make that ultimate connection that brings one to Heaven’s Gate, to the Throne of Glory. Here according to some is…

Every next step is a journey

Is realizing a great truth a religious experience? I asked Professor Reines this question 40 years ago. Who were the individuals within the Jewish continuum who changed the paradigm of thought for the world? The answer was: Moses, Moses Maimonides, Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Marx, Freud and Einstein! This truth was accompanied by a racing heart,…