Read Margaret Smith’s biography of Rabi’a of Basra at some Lower East Side Odessa restaurant Take refuge in late March, early April underneath the tallest trees in Queens and the Bronx Write incandescent love poem to…
It’s simple You get out from under the bushel Over and over Because you are the light of the world
Your hand the first to shoot up in Torts You smiling serenely at the gunners You checking off your To Do list with equanimity You noticing the unjoie de vivre jaws of your friends, knowing, sooner of…
The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta Swami Prabhavananda Sunday 28 February 2016 Self-Realization! All religions are true inasmuch as they lead to one and the same goal: God-realization. But arguments will not prove…
I was walking up Broadway towards 4th A rusty ’76 BMW 2002 going west sped by at 2:21 p.m. “Walking on Sunshine” blasted from the radio I thought of you
It’s a great time to be half-Greek and half-Syrian! Never has my heritage been so aligned with the headlines. One country is the poster child for global economic failure, the other for geopolitical failure. Every…
At some point in each course, I ask a question that is one of the simplest and hardest questions of all. A hand may shoot up after I pose it, thus indicating an avid interest in…
A friend shared this with me this evening. Some people out there may recognize their own process herein. Step 1: Recognize option A as a reality Step 2: Celebrate option A as the best possible choice in…
Your book arrived today, just a few days after I ordered it on Amazon (and on a Sunday no less!) It looks beautiful and I couldn’t be happier for you I opened up to the…
I recently read David Roskies’ book, The Search for a Usable Jewish Past, and from its pages I noted the following books or authors to read: Ahad Ha’am S. Y. Agnon, The Bridal Canopy, A Simple Story,…