Jewish New Year

Yesterday was the first day of the Jewish New Year. How remarkable that the FEMALE rabbi addressed the social unrest in the world. The reason I emphasize female is because years ago a gay, female rabbi would be inconceivable. The world has changed and institutions have to change as a consequence. And then she brought up racism and the need for we, as Jews, not to be complacent but act as social catalysts to propel a movement against the terrible negativity in the world, and this begins with a fight against racism and the tide against immigrants. She asked Jews to rally and help fight this negativity, and I, for one, am on board. I do this with my writing-I wage the fight, but now I feel it is imperative to find more than words, but action. How did the world become this way, the rabbi asked, a question I, too, have been asking myself as we spiral in this terrible campaign negativity. It is time to act.