By Bill Simons
Cheering the 2024 San Diego Veterans Day parade, my son Joe, grandson Isaac and I observed the large Latinx contingent. Despite perennial attacks on their loyalty, immigrants and minority groups have a long history of demonstrating their patriotism in blood. They are amongst …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
There is an enormous amount of anger boiling across the United States. Some people are angry at what they see as restrictions on their rights to act, think or behave as they wish. Others are angry because they don’t believe they have the same protection under the …
My prayers for the world:
I pray for a world where we treat each other with lovingkindness regardless of our differences.
I pray for a world where the only hunger is to be of service.
I pray for a world where my children are not bullied for simply being who they are.
I pray for a world w…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
It’s difficult to write about Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s book “For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today” (Harvest) without offering a personal take on his view of American Jewry and its relationship to Israel and Judaism. I generally avoid reading books f…
By Bill Simons
For many around the world, October 7, 2024, constituted a day of profound significance, a time of sadness, remembrance and polarization. Exactly one year before, Hamas terrorists launched a war of annihilation. Murderous carnage, torture and rape marked Hamas’ surprise atta…
