Purim in the #MeToo Era
On Purim, what’s right is wrong and what’s wrong is right. We challenge assumptions about good and evil.
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Author: Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg
Intersectionality: Another Perspective
When it comes to social justice, there are two primary modalities: achieving and understanding. Most activists are achievers — they wish to solve systemic and societal problems.
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Intersectionality — It’s Not What You Think
Our first act of advocacy upon moving to Baltimore was, with the help of the Reservoir Hill Improvement Council, to guilt the city into repairing the broken walk signal at Linden Avenue.
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Stop and Smell the Rosemary
This notion of reciting 100 blessings a day. Why? It’s about cultivating an attitude of gratitude; making regular practice of thanksgiving elevates our sense of wonder at the miracle of life (and also has the inverse effect of mitigating cynicism).
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Kugel maven Bonnie Guralnick (left) is shown with Beth Am Executive Director Ted Merwin and his daughter (and 2017 kugel champ) Sarah Merwin. (Photo by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg)
The Season of Rejoicing
When we began to think about the concept of a “New Jewish Neighborhood” we needed to consider the extent to which our intentional presence in Reservoir Hill would mean focusing on particular Jewish practices.
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What to Do with the Pedestals?
As white nationalists and neo-Nazis exploit these statues to bolster support for their warped visions of American greatness, a number of cities around the nation have quickly mobilized to remove them.
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Does God Have a Facebook Page?
Through the miracle of modern technology, anyone all over the world can see me. But there’s something risky about this, too. Jewish tradition proscribes many sins, but idolatry is considered one of most insidious.
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Getting Lost is Crucial to Growth and Self-Discovery
Jerusalem and Baltimore are very different cities. One is ancient, the other just old. One is the capital of Israel, the other home to well over 90,000 Jews. Both, remarkably, have a pretty solid craft beer industry.
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Spinning Wheels
The story most commonly associated with tikkun olam comes from the Ari z”l, Rabbi Isaac Luria, a 16th century kabbalist (mystic).
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Who’s Going to Start the Druid Hill Park Conservancy?
The city plans to put in a new fountain, an amphitheater, fishing and perhaps rowboats or paddleboats – Baltimore’s second waterfront!
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