On several of my trips to Israel, I visited during times of serious diplomatic fallout between Israel and the United Nations. Frankly, it is likely any time you visit Israel, there will be some fissure between Israel and the UN. I am reminded of graffiti and street comments containing the ex…
There are so many things I would like to write about the upcoming elections. Suffice it to say this election poses for our consideration very different candidates with differing outlooks and strategies for their leadership. Hopefully we can plow through the chatter of the 24-hour news cycl…
Racism affects us all. Injustice affects us all. Jewish values underscore our responsibility to seek justice and fight against prejudice.
Within that framework, I am extremely troubled by the fissures in American society that have resulted in violence – sometimes in response to violenc…
As a child of a Holocaust survivor, I grew up with stories about my father’s life in an openly anti-Semitic society. It was not uncommon for him to walk in town in the morning and see Jewish storefronts that had been vandalized overnight. He was careful selecting which route he would take …
During my years in St. Louis working for that Jewish Federation, I taught a seminar at the Washington University George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Olin School of Business on nonprofit management. Most of the MBA students had little knowledge of the nonprofit world. They wer…
