American Jewish Committee’s Unity Seder Follow Up
With each passing day we see ever more clearly that we, all of us, are stronger together. In a world that seeks to divide, we need to unite. In a world that cultivates despair, we need to plant seeds of hope. In a world that glorifies might, force, and power, we need to be humble,…
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Better Angels – Using the Power of Music to Unite Us
The single greatest power of music is the power to unite. Music doesn’t discriminate based on race, nationality, religion, language, or any of the meaningful but ultimately superficial differences that so often divide human beings one from the other.
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A Conversation with Micah Lapidus
Pretty much everything that’s good in Judaism isn’t good just for Jews; it’s good for everyone.
Social Gospel
“As a rabbi in Georgia, Congressman John Lewis was and is a larger-than-life figure. On the one occasion that I met and spoke with him, I told him that I intended to write a song inspired by him entitled ‘Good Trouble.’