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The Fifth New Year + A life of meaning

A synagogue group goes to the ballgame together Does your life have meaning? Tomorrow we will all begin writing 2013 on paperwork. Jewish or not, a new year begins for us all at midnight on December 31. Many of us make resolutions; we will – lose weight, start jogging, clean out the closet, tidy up…

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Jewish New Years (yes, plural)

Time is a human construct. If you read Jewish wisdom you will learn that God exists outside of time. How does this work? I don’t know, since I am time-bound it is hard to grasp. Think of it as if you are a goldfish in a bowl and God is oxygen – existing in the…

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