On Sunday we will gather on the lawn of a different university to watch our daughter graduate. This will be the last time for such a ritual in our family as both sons received their diplomas a few years ago. …
Month: April 2012
Earth Day Every Day
My second internship during college, one of my projects was to plan activities for Earth Day. 1990 marked the 20th anniversary of the “first” Earth Day (please refrain from calculating my age), and there was a massive international grassroots effort…
The Bigger Picture
Recently I was in a counseling session when the person was finally beginning to disclose the source of their personal pain and struggle. But before the words were all the way out of their mouth, they stopped short. “But other…
One Small Gesture
This past weekend I traveled to Richmond with members of LC Hillel and the local Synagogue to visit the Virginia Holocaust Museum. After being escorted by our tour guide from a replica rail car, we were led into a small…
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