Weekly Jewish Wisdom Archive

2017
- Sep 20, 2017 The Highs and Lows of the Days of Awe
- Sep 14, 2017 What if They Repent?
- Sep 13, 2017 Deep Repentance
- Sep 7, 2017 Good Decisions, Good Neighbors
- Aug 31, 2017 The Imperfect Storm
- Aug 28, 2017 The Power of Brokenness
- Aug 24, 2017 The Voice
- Aug 17, 2017 Hate Reading
- Aug 10, 2017 Mid-Life Question
- Aug 3, 2017 The Tree of Hope
- Jul 27, 2017 Long Suffering
- Jul 20, 2017 The Modern-Day Prophet
- Jul 13, 2017 Forgery
- Jul 6, 2017 Praising Loudly
- Jun 29, 2017 Creatives
- Jun 23, 2017 Happy Travels
- Jun 18, 2017 You're Invited
- Jun 15, 2017 Does Charm Harm?
- Jun 8, 2017 Un-Stealing
- May 29, 2017 Moses and the Mountain
- May 25, 2017 Going Grey
- May 19, 2017 How Much is Too Much?
- May 4, 2017 In Praise of Uncertainty
- Apr 27, 2017 Precision Matters
- Apr 20, 2017 Curiosity
- Apr 14, 2017 To a Master Teacher
- Apr 6, 2017 Bitter and Sweet
- Mar 30, 2017 A Tree Grows In Babylonia
- Mar 23, 2017 Raising Kids to Give
- Mar 21, 2017 The Sigh of Slavery
- Mar 17, 2017 A Jewish Option B
- Mar 16, 2017 The Public
- Mar 9, 2017 Your H.Q
- Mar 2, 2017 Last Minute Surprises
- Mar 1, 2017 Last Minute Surprises
- Feb 23, 2017 An Eternal Home
- Feb 16, 2017 Shared Pot
- Feb 16, 2017 Shared Pot
- Feb 14, 2017 Consolations
- Feb 9, 2017 Across the Sea
- Feb 2, 2017 Consolations
- Jan 31, 2017 Wake Up
- Jan 26, 2017 Happy Travels
- Jan 19, 2017 A Leadership of Silence
- Jan 12, 2017 The Things We Carry
- Jan 12, 2017 A Leadership of Silence
- Jan 10, 2017 The Things We Carry
- Jan 5, 2017 Drop Plan B
2016
- Dec 30, 2016 Jewish Year in Review 2016
- Dec 22, 2016 Books Everywhere
- Dec 15, 2016 Trousergate
- Dec 8, 2016 Triage This
- Dec 1, 2016 The Genesis of Trust
- Nov 24, 2016 Table Peace
- Nov 17, 2016 Promises, Promises
- Nov 10, 2016 People are Strange
- Nov 3, 2016 Voting Matters
- Oct 27, 2016 Goodbye
- Oct 20, 2016 What Are We?
- Oct 13, 2016 A Universal Altar
- Oct 11, 2016 What are We?
- Oct 6, 2016 Can We Forgive?
- Sep 29, 2016 To Love Again on Rosh Hashana
- Sep 25, 2016 Can You Forgive?
- Sep 22, 2016 The Season of Change
- Sep 19, 2016 To Love Again on Rosh Hashana
- Sep 15, 2016 What’s in a Name?
- Sep 8, 2016 Walk This Way
- Sep 1, 2016 Stop Embarrassing Me!
- Aug 25, 2016 Evicted
- Aug 18, 2016 Going for the Gold
- Aug 11, 2016 Black Shoes
- Aug 10, 2016 Evicted
- Aug 4, 2016 Justice Needs Practice
- Jul 28, 2016 Turning Political Darkness to Light
- Jul 21, 2016 Fishing for Ideas
- Jul 14, 2016 The Blues
- Jul 7, 2016 Where is God?
- Jul 6, 2016 Memory and Activism
- Jun 30, 2016 What is Rest?
- Jun 23, 2016 A Spiritual Bucket List?
- Jun 16, 2016 After Orlando
- Jun 9, 2016 Ruth and Food
- Jun 6, 2016 Secular Holiness
- Jun 2, 2016 Working Hard or Hardly Working?
- May 26, 2016 The Hidden and Revealed Name
- May 19, 2016 No Man is an Island
- May 12, 2016 Celebrating Homeland
- May 5, 2016 Jewish Crystal Balls
- Apr 28, 2016 Stable Instability
- Apr 21, 2016 Slave Pains
- Apr 14, 2016 Honor Thy Parents
- Apr 7, 2016 Exodus: A Synopsis
- Mar 31, 2016 Believe Me
- Mar 23, 2016 Feasting, Fasting and Forgetting
- Mar 17, 2016 The Power of Invitation
- Mar 14, 2016 Soft Words
- Mar 10, 2016 Role Reversal and Happiness
- Mar 10, 2016 Role Reversal
- Mar 3, 2016 Soft Words
- Feb 25, 2016 Growing Wiser
- Feb 18, 2016 The Secret is Out
- Feb 11, 2016 Losing It
- Feb 4, 2016 Be Jealous
- Jan 28, 2016 Stumbling Along
- Jan 21, 2016 Too Much Noise
- Jan 14, 2016 Moving Fast and Slow
- Jan 7, 2016 Leave Them Laughing
2015
- Dec 31, 2015 2015: The Jewish Year in Review
- Dec 24, 2015 The Hineni Moment
- Dec 17, 2015 Losing a Leader
- Dec 1, 2015 Giving Tuesday
- Nov 26, 2015 White Friday
- Nov 19, 2015 Everywhere
- Nov 12, 2015 The Truth Behind Lying
- Nov 5, 2015 The Eyes Have It
- Oct 29, 2015 Grit
- Oct 21, 2015 Race and Restlessness
- Oct 15, 2015 Blue and White Not Red
- Oct 12, 2015 Race and Restlessness
- Oct 8, 2015 Religious Violence
- Oct 1, 2015 A Fly in the Ointment
- Sep 24, 2015 Don't be Cheap
- Sep 17, 2015 For the Sin of...
- Sep 10, 2015 Puncture Your Heart
- Sep 3, 2015 Stay, Don't Stray
- Aug 27, 2015 Raise Your Right Hand
- Aug 24, 2015 The Hineni Moment
- Aug 20, 2015 Reciprocity
- Aug 13, 2015 Stand Tall
- Aug 10, 2015 Do You Know Who I Am?
- Aug 6, 2015 The Place
- Jul 30, 2015 Is Doubt Good for You?
- Jul 23, 2015 To Plant or Not to Plant
- Jul 16, 2015 Frailty, Thy Name is Woman
- Jul 9, 2015 The Gift
- Jul 2, 2015 Under the Sea
- Jun 25, 2015 A Banner Year?
- Jun 18, 2015 Anger Management
- Jun 12, 2015 Curiosity Conversations
- Jun 4, 2015 Get Motivated
- May 28, 2015 The Upside of Stress?
- May 21, 2015 Climb Every Mountain
- May 14, 2015 Art Attack
- May 7, 2015 Police State
- Apr 30, 2015 When the Earth Shakes
- Apr 23, 2015 Trust Twice
- Apr 16, 2015 Good Enough
- Apr 9, 2015 Seeking and Finding
- Apr 1, 2015 Sit back and Relax
- Mar 26, 2015 Revisiting History and Memory
- Mar 19, 2015 The Beginning of Time
- Mar 12, 2015 A Hearing Problem
- Mar 5, 2015 Long Live the Queen
- Feb 26, 2015 Long Term Memory
- Feb 19, 2015 Snow and Chocolate
- Feb 13, 2015 He/She Politics
- Feb 12, 2015 A Pre-Purim Drink?
- Feb 11, 2015 Losing It
- Feb 5, 2015 Jewish Body Language
- Feb 4, 2015 Many Faces
- Jan 29, 2015 A Special Seventy
- Jan 22, 2015 When Will the Facts Change?
- Jan 15, 2015 Hugs R Us
- Jan 8, 2015 Groaning and Moaning
- Jan 1, 2015 2014 Year in Review
2014
- Dec 25, 2014 Rededicating Ourselves
- Dec 18, 2014 Channukah and Every Day Heroism
- Dec 11, 2014 Take Heed
- Dec 4, 2014 The Tongue as Sword
- Nov 27, 2014 The Story of a Life
- Nov 20, 2014 On Resolve
- Nov 13, 2014 Grown Old with Me
- Nov 5, 2014 Moral Vigilance
- Oct 30, 2014 Healing Waters
- Oct 28, 2014 Pure Waters
- Oct 26, 2014 The Story of a Life
- Oct 23, 2014 Noah's Support Animals
- Oct 15, 2014 The Freedom to Linger
- Oct 8, 2014 Is Your Table an Altar?
- Oct 2, 2014 The Metrics of Repentance
- Sep 24, 2014 The Shofar's Power
- Sep 18, 2014 Say No to Snark
- Sep 11, 2014 Vanquishing the Angel of Death
- Sep 4, 2014 Rumor Has It
- Aug 28, 2014 Take the 30 day Challenge
- Aug 21, 2014 Live Long and Prosper
- Aug 14, 2014 Stealing Minds
- Aug 7, 2014 To Stand or Sit
- Aug 6, 2014 A Bridge to Nowhere
- Jul 31, 2014 Let Silence Speak
- Jul 24, 2014 You Are Not Alone
- Jul 16, 2014 Be Our Guardian
- Jul 10, 2014 Ugly Torah
- Jul 4, 2014 The Difference a Day Makes
- Jun 11, 2014 Good Neighbors
- Jun 9, 2014 Early Risers
- Jun 3, 2014 The Book of Empathy
- Jun 1, 2014 Our Hearts Weep
- May 28, 2014 The Name Game
- May 28, 2014 Ruth and the Ego Check
- May 20, 2014 Every Day Counts
- May 15, 2014 Naming Opportunities
- May 11, 2014 Trigger Happy/Sad
- Apr 28, 2014 The Book Thief
- Apr 23, 2014 Welcoming Distractions
- Apr 17, 2014 By Bread Alone
- Apr 10, 2014 A Sacred Lambchop
- Apr 2, 2014 Hametz and the Everyday Struggle
- Mar 26, 2014 Full of Kindness
- Mar 19, 2014 Welcoming Spring
- Mar 17, 2014 A Place Called Home
- Mar 12, 2014 Sacred Aging
- Mar 3, 2014 Temporary Housing
- Feb 19, 2014 Two Hearts
- Feb 5, 2014 Is Gossip Good for You?
- Feb 5, 2014 Yentas Unite!
- Jan 24, 2014 The Weight of Leadership
- Jan 22, 2014 Prison Blues
- Jan 13, 2014 Regret in the Flesh
- Jan 10, 2014 A Little Perspective
- Jan 8, 2014 Eat Something
2013
- Dec 24, 2013 Changing Years, Changing Lives
- Dec 19, 2013 Distance Yourself
- Dec 5, 2013 Sweet Revenge
- Nov 25, 2013 Familiar Strangers
- Nov 21, 2013 Ending Hunger
- Nov 14, 2013 Preserving History
- Nov 12, 2013 The Sound of Greatness
- Nov 7, 2013 Seeking Self-Respect
- Oct 23, 2013 Just Dozing
- Oct 21, 2013 Trust and Trustees
- Oct 16, 2013 Givers and Takers
- Oct 15, 2013 Givers and Takers
- Oct 3, 2013 Divine Study
- Sep 18, 2013 The Sukkot Challenge
- Sep 3, 2013 The Echo of Authenticity
- Aug 15, 2013 Hold onto the Mystery
- Aug 7, 2013 The Inner Voice of the Shofar
- Aug 1, 2013 In Pursuit of Excellence
- Jul 18, 2013 The Great Perhaps
- Jul 4, 2013 Let Freedom Ring
- Jun 12, 2013 Leaning In/Leaning Back
- Jun 6, 2013 Vulnerability
- May 28, 2013 Return to Memory
- May 22, 2013 Soft
- May 14, 2013 The Ten Commandments of Friendship
- May 7, 2013 Celebrating Wisdom
- May 1, 2013 The Stretch
- Apr 25, 2013 Shelter in Place
- Apr 18, 2013 Tax Season
- Apr 10, 2013 Life’s a Gamble
- Apr 4, 2013 Love’s Limits
- Mar 20, 2013 The Passover Jew
- Mar 20, 2013 The Passover Jew
- Mar 13, 2013 A Smokin’ Good Idea
- Mar 6, 2013 The Price of Nasty
- Feb 20, 2013 From Fasting to Feasting
- Feb 6, 2013 10,000 Hours
- Jan 30, 2013 Free John Bates
- Jan 18, 2013 A Friend in Need
2012
- Dec 31, 2012 Re-Generation
- Dec 26, 2012 Unaffiliated?
- Dec 12, 2012 Take It Outside
- Dec 5, 2012 To Redeem Suffering
- Nov 14, 2012 In God We Trust
- Nov 8, 2012 The Art of the Impossible
- Oct 24, 2012 The Valley of Decision
- Oct 18, 2012 The Hand of God
- Oct 16, 2012 Supporting Role
- Oct 5, 2012 A Pair of Shoes
- Sep 19, 2012 Peace on High
- Sep 12, 2012 Year in Review 5772
- Sep 6, 2012 Laugh a Little
- Aug 29, 2012 Return
- Aug 22, 2012 Travel Blessings
- Aug 15, 2012 Stiff Competition
- Jul 5, 2012 Fifty Shades of…
- May 16, 2012 Empowering Children
- Mar 27, 2012 The Flowering of Spring
- Mar 21, 2012 Breaking the Habit
- Feb 8, 2012 Truth and Fiction

Memory and Activism

July 6, 2016

David Gurion, in Memoirs, has a chapter on the primacy of the Bible as a text of Jeiwsh life, even Jews are activits, that is they have a Messiani spirit. The are not missionaries since they don’t seek to convet others to hteir ways. But they are merciless with themselves. The Bible has imparted to them that divine discontent leading at its best to initiatves such as the pioneering life at its worst to persecution but their fellow men. It has never allowed them as a people to enjoy for long comfrotbale mediocrity.