Korach, man of influence, whose ego gets in the way, influences 250 people to their deaths. They rallied behind him and supported his cause, but I can’t help but wonder if it was solely because of his stature and not his platform.
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Stephen King’s ‘Dinah’s Hat’: A New Kind of Horror
“Before October 7th, I might have simply noted the Jewish detail in King’s story and moved on. Now the mention of Judaism in literature feels charged in a way it never used to. The guard goes up. The scanning begins. You start looking for danger before danger has even presented itself.”
Red Alert on my Nightstand
The siren goes off, and I imagine it: my family and friends rushing to their bomb shelters, waiting for the all-clear, hearing the explosive booms overhead, and praying that the walls hold and the building stays standing.
Taking Down the Yellow Ribbons
I thought I would be excited to move on. But my mixed emotions at changing the decor that has been my daily view for two years remind me that the street I live on can’t just go back to before October 7th.
Oops! Sorry about that!
That was just me not understanding technology.
The Call to Rally
We stood, 290,000 strong, in song and prayer, in tears and heartbreak, but most of all in our collective hope.
Sunflowers
In my garden today, the dying sunflowers painfully reminded me of my friend Miriam and the gold that is fading in front of me echoes that larger loss.
The Books on the Shelves
It’s interesting what we attach ourselves to and the meaning we ascribe to objects that somehow, over years, become important not in functionality but just in being.
Bumper Sticker Fandom
If we can find commonality in a lightsaber, a dragon, or a sorting hat, maybe, for that one moment, we can forget our differences.
Team Binny – Binny’s Speech
I posted the video of Binny’s speech that he gave at the Team Lifeline Pasta Party on his Facebook page, but the sound quality was poor and people asked for copies of the speech. So with Binny’s permission, I am posting it here. I edited it a bit to include some of the lines he ad-libbed (though some I know I missed), but this is all his.