In honor of the news of 2 weeks ago, that the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy was finally overturned, I turn my thoughts to integrity. I’m not only speaking of the integrity of sexual identity, but that of spiritual wholeness—an integrity that should transcend gay-specific issues and be a message to us all. Continue reading
Returning to the “Empty Nest” after College Drop-off
Rabbi Michael G. Holzman
As I drove into the synagogue today, following my usual route down Broad Street, I entered the annual traffic jam called Temple University Drop Off. What a mess. But it reminded me of the excitement, anxiety, joy and sadness this day evokes in many families. It also reminded me of a Jewish text.
Revelation in an Age of Self-Revelation
by Rabbi Jill Maderer
How much do you want to reveal? How much do you want to know? A current debate about social networking gets to the heart about what relationships mean to us.
The skeptics: Revealing our daily experiences on a newsfeed is self-centered. When we write on a Facebook wall, we are only thinking about what we want to express—we aren’t asking “how was your day?” True, the readers can respond with a comment. But, argue the skeptics, the moment of posting is a self-centered, one-way dialogue. Their second problem, they call “connection without cognition.” Social networks allow us to connect with many circles of friends in a short amount of time, but what is the nature of that connection? And is a relationship built on 140-character tweets, a friendship?Continue reading
