by Marion Aldridge | Oct 22, 2020 | Opinion
A recent anxiety attack caused me to reexamine my activities, as well as my in-activities, during the pandemic. Disaster response experts tell us the six-month mark after any natural catastrophe is called the “disillusionment phase.” That’s where we are currently,...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 8, 2020 | Opinion
When I opened the door to my brother’s house and walked inside, my 1-year-old nephew, (“KK” as he has been affectionately nicknamed) started to cry and ran straight to me. He threw his arms around my legs, as I quickly swept him up for a giant hug. For the next hour,...
by Christine Van Dyk | Sep 21, 2020 | Opinion
A friend of mine called during the last election cycle to say he would no longer be attending the class I taught. Confused, I asked the obvious question. The answer could not have come as a bigger surprise. “Because of your political beliefs,” he said. What struck me...
by Jack Moline | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Like every rabbi, I have attended to bereaved family members in almost every circumstance of death. Some deaths approach slowly and inevitably, like a train arriving across a plain with a distant horizon. Some deaths burst onto the scene like a balloon popping at...
by Trisha Miller Manarin | Apr 24, 2020 | Opinion
Our family experienced a holiday like no other on Christmas Day 2015. It was an unusually warm Dec. 25 in metro D.C. We shared the holiday dinner with our Catholic neighbors two doors down from our townhouse. My mother and my neighbor Caroline’s mother were both with...
