You’ve Got Better Things To Do, Like…

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…

Sunday’s Agenda

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…

Louisville, July 1986

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

How To Make a Decision

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…

Two Pages

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…

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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,…