Eastern: Seeking Hope and Life, for the future -- and Unintended Consequences. When "appearance" goes awry . . . history then unfolds in unknown and uncharted directions -- and for the record, not in a good direction. That is a significant characteristic of chaos. For the record . . . . . . . … [Read more...]

Two Jewish Moral Worlds . . . can we learn anything from the past? … Tears and fears and feeling proud To say, "I love you, " right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way … Oh, but now old friends, they're acting strange And they shake their heads, and they … [Read more...]

Does the world appear to be upside down or in a recurring cycle? Abraham, Lot, S'dom, Jonah, Ninevah, and now . . . Jews, Gotham Is it the people of Gotham, is it the Nation, or is the Jewish Community and our friends caught up in the ever-recurring cycles of time? For the record, this is … [Read more...]

America: from the right and from the left: the current dilemma of the "Horseshoe." National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. All of this from a Parsha we call Vayera or "יהוה appeared": Genesis 19:10 Although Abraham appears as a nomadic wanderer, almost out of place in a strange land, and … [Read more...]

The 80-year bubble we all grew up in, and *still* the Europeans adamantly seek to hide their active collaboration with the murderers and remain arrogant and complicit: I am saddened and shocked as I continue to notice the lingering blood stains that soak the soil of Europe and, to their shame … [Read more...]