February 26, 2021 “You shall cause them to go up in smoke”   Tetzaveh 29:13 

Cancelling drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; blocking Keystone and tar sands toxic oil extraction; reinstating E.P.A. enforcement; replacing cabinet-member lobbyists with dedicated public servants. Policies that sustain our children’s environment and create cutting-edge employment. Now, that’s a breath of fresh air. 

February 19, 2021 “I sinned, for I feared the people”   I Samuel 15:24

The Likud embrace of Kahanists is an accommodation to racism and expulsion. A desperate Netanyahu betrays the Zionist ideal, making it odious to those of good will.

February 12, 2021 “…a servant shall work for six years” Mishpatim 21:2

Reduced to a social service agency, the AFL-CIO remains an effective and compassionate advocate for workers. The Right’s demonization of organized labor, weaponized 40 years ago under Reagan, has been embraced, ironically, by a Jewish community that created organized labor and by so many people whose parents it rescued from exploitation.

February 5, 2021 “Gods of gold you shall not make”     Yisro 20:20

The rabble that left Egypt coalesced around a compassionate legal code and faith in God. The new administration seeks to unify us around legal measures grounded in compassion – support for the needy, funding exhausted state and municipal services, initial steps to prudent immigration policy, organized responses to pandemic – and in repudiation of demigods.