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I am pleased to announce that “The Rabbi Finds Her Way,” a novel I wrote with Catherine deCuir, is now available! Any bookstore can order it for you through its regular distributor. The book is also available on Amazon. For more information and to read some of the wonderful early reviews by clergy, authors, and […]
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I am pleased to announce that “On God’s Radar—My Walk Across America,” which chronicles my coast-to-coast walk, is now available! Any bookstore can order it for you. For more information and reviews, to order from Amazon, or to see how you can order a signed/inscribed copy, please visit my website: About “On God’s Radar” Thanks […]
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Rule #1: If you can’t sing well, then sing loud! The waiters did a pretty good job of it on “Happy Birthday to You!” All in all, a good way to end my birthday in Honolulu. Maybe I’ll do it again next year. Thanks to my friends and relatives who helped to make it a […]
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We can see Alcatraz from our room. Didn’t even know the ship was moving.
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Heading toward the SF Cruise Terminal at 12:45pm. Can’t get out of town soon enough.
Sh’ma Koleinu
Choral Director Rita Lilly (right) led the Lafayette Christian Church choir this morning in a wonderfully sensitive performance of my composition, “Sh’ma Koleinu” (Hear Our Voice). I was honored to be present for the service as Pastor Steve Borgard spoke of the tragic shooting in Pittsburgh, and Rabbi Jay Asher LeVine from Temple Isaiah delivered […]
A Slice and a Coke
This morning I looked at lifehacker.com as I do most mornings, and found a video episode of “How I Work,” which I particularly enjoyed. Scott Wiener operates scottspizzatours.com in NYC, and began his video with a reminiscence of how, as a boy, he’d bought his first lunch, a slice of pizza and a Coke, for […]
Two Weeks in Morocco
Sharon and I are in the city of Fez for 3 days as part of our 2.5 week Overseas Adventure Travel trip to Morocco. Part of today was spent walking through the Jewish Quarter of Fez, which was a fascinating view of an ancient society. We visited one of the two remaining synagogues–Shabbat services are […]
I have one word for you: Plastic
I have one word for you: Plastic. Plastic waste has been a concern of mine for decades. (I wrote a term paper about it in 2002 when I was taking a class in California Politics and Public Policy at Calif. State University East Bay in 2002.) On my walk through California and Arizona in April […]
Thoughts on the Sabbath
From sundown Friday to sundown on Saturday is Shabbat—the Sabbath. It’s actually 25 hours just so we don’t start late or end too early. Since I started thinking about such things, I realized that of the Ten Commandments, for me the Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, is one of the […]