It’s nearly the end of June. It’s the time that panicked parents ask themselves, “what am I going to do with my kid for the next two months?” My youngest son is 10, he is the first of my four kids to go through the long and hot, two-month summer holidays while both of his…
Why is the Grass Always Greener? Supporting Every Individual and Family. I wanted a Huckapoo brand shirt. It was the 1970’s, when those multi-patterned and brightly-colored shirts were the rage. They were expensive. My father was a congregational rabbi with four children, all enrolled in Jewish day-schools, and my mother was a stay-at-home parent. Huckapoo…
Acceptance. Finding grace. Being chosen. In the Old Testament, we are given many examples of ordinary people coping with extraordinary decisions both ethical and moral. Sometimes they stumble, such as Moses hitting the rock instead of speaking to it at Meribah, or the children of Israel’s Korach-led rebellion in the book of Numbers. Sometimes they…
