See? I knew that would get your attention. Jacob Staub, a self-styled gay Reconstructionist rabbi, has published an essay on the Zeek website with this title: "Worship for Agnostics: Building a Personal Relationship with a Non-personal God." Reading the rabbi's story reminded me in some ways of similar testimonies on...
An attorney friend here in San Antonio just sent me a copy of a lawsuit being brought against the IRS by a pro-Israel organization called Z Street. You'll find the text of the lawsuit here. What's interesting about this is that Z Street is alleging that the Obama Administration has...
Most of us remember where we were, and maybe even what we were doing, when historically significant events took place. For instance, I remember where I was when I heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated. I was 11 years old and my family was in Pasadena, Texas, at the...
I've never met Glenn Beck. I've only seen him a few times on Fox News and have never heard his radio program. He wouldn't know me from Adam's house cat. But I do know he's been getting a lot of attention lately! A week or so ago, his Rally for...
You may not be accustomed to receiving New Year's greetings at this time of the year, but we are. You see, Rosh HaShanah is the New Year on one of the Jewish calendars (they have several of them, but this is the one they adopted during the Babylonian Captivity). In...
You can read the full article here: at The Jerusalem Post. I always hate it when people tell me, "See? I told you so!" Especially when it's my wife, Marcia (because she's usually right). But in this instance, it's true—because I predicted this development in an earlier blog. The "peace...
The big news this past week was the coming together in Washington DC of the Israelis and the Palestinians for peace talks. On Thursday, the major news networks carried the opening statements of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from...
If you received our most recent newsletter, you know how concerned we are over the recent international incident vis-à-vis Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Amid all the criticism that’s been heaped on Israel in the mainstream press, it’s hard to sift through the mountain of information and separate fact from fiction....
