Reconsidering My Life
Alone among the creatures, as far as we know, human beings need meaning to survive. Added to air, food, water and reproduction, we humans...
Freedom of and From Religion
Separation of Church and State, the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution, presents inexhaustible complexities....
Who's Sitting in My Sukkah?
Sitting alone in my sukkah this evening, without the family who joined us last night, I enumerated family whose presence I felt even...
SLIDING DOWN THE RAZOR BLADE OF TRUMP
Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) is a principle from philosophy. Suppose there exists two explanations for an occurrence. In this case...
In Reality: Only Now Exists
Rosh Hashanah is a time for soul reflection. It's very intimate, very personal, and necessarily honest. Traveling within ourselves, we...
LOSS
I am aware of a congenital medical condition in which doctors discover that a person, of any age, has a hole in their heart. When...