The tweet from a pro-Palestinian Jewish organization member said to boycott your synagogue if it supports Israel. It was trolling and a cruel suggestion. What the hell kind of Jew says a thing like that? …

I need to tell a little story before I forget it. I went to the eye doctor today and received a clean bill of health: no more virus attacking my cornea. But they dilated my eyes. Those slip-behind-your-glasses-sun-shades they hand out took care of the glare when I went outside. …

We are Guardians. We protect humanity and our allies from enemies and our human faults. The cost of entry is high: We die, are reborn, and the cycle never stops. Some people say this makes us zombies. But I know it’s not true. …

The sun is shining with almost-spring glee Not that distant ghost that looks Good but has no warmth The temperature is 34, I checked Put on my boots The snow is disintegrating And dirty with sand What is that black stuff anyhow The dog doesn’t care I put on my…

The Rabbi asked me, as he usually did, how my boys were doing. I gave him the usual answer. One of them had just been discharged from an intensive outpatient program and was heading back to college for the fall semester. The other — they are twins — was awaiting…

In March when many people were protesting social distancing, I found reasons to appreciate it. I’ve been appreciating things that I never thought I would, like post-nasal drip — I think it means I don’t have COVID-19. Top 10 Reasons to Appreciate Social Distancing So, I’m okay with social distancing…

He said that was him in the photo from Charlotte, VA — there in the crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists — but that wasn’t the real him. The photo was too ugly for him to admit himself, and so he denied its truth. I think that no one wants…

I always wondered how it would start. I remember reading somewhere that these things start quietly. Looking at old newsreels, it didn’t seem to start quietly in Germany. …

User Experience Can Bring Out Our Best Or Our Worst “Fuck off!” I shouted as I whipped around and looked the other driver in the eye. He shouted back at me, “So it’s going to be that kind of day, is it?” It’s going to be that kind of day…