Something to ponder on a day like today -- in a time 'like these times' and on a side note: here are the Eagles as foreseen by the Prophet: 'They shall run and not be weary . . .' לא  וְקוֹיֵ יְהוָה יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ, יַעֲלוּ אֵבֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִים; יָרוּצוּ וְלֹא יִיגָעוּ, יֵלְכוּ וְלֹא … [Read more...]

Who 'tells' what happened -- "our story" and how "we tell it" and the difference it all makes . . . Is this the story? -- really depends on who is telling the story When Israel was in Egypt's land Let my people go Oppress'd so hard they could not stand Let my people go Refrain: Go down, … [Read more...]

What do the documents say & the fine art of "dwelling in the dark" You may laugh and scoff, if it’s spooky I’m off At the first sign of something not right It’s true what I’ve said, I’m afraid of the dead And (the) things that go bump in the night (Shel Silverstein) "and there was a … [Read more...]

Jewish identity in an ever-changing world of identities -- is it a crime to claim it? Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8521122430?mc_cid=9a31d20c70&mc_eid=UNIQID#success Is it a crime in claiming "Jewishness" . . . after all, are we not unclear as to Moses' leanings . . . The … [Read more...]

Leopoldstadt? Vienna, Austria or the world -- a place of modernity, of culture and of refinement . . . . Historical fact: Vienna and all of Austria welcomed the Germans as liberators -- later only to claim themselves, as Austrians, to be victims. --- Just a moment's throw from … [Read more...]