Putting it in Writing
These past months I have been going through files in preparation for my retirement at the end of December. As there is sand at the beach, there is B’nai B’rith in almost every piece of paper that I...
These past months I have been going through files in preparation for my retirement at the end of December. As there is sand at the beach, there is B’nai B’rith in almost every piece of paper that I...
The lodges and units of B’nai B’rith chose their official identity from many sources. Their name often included a location identifying a community where it was established. Sometimes they were...
Some years ago, before email and text messages, I was following up on a meeting notice with a phone call to one of the invitees for a program we were holding that week. The responses had been slow in...
B’nai B’rith often notes the significance of dates on social media. On Jan. 6, 2022, B’nai B’rith commented on the meaning of the day, along with reporters, political analysists and historians. It...
As the months of a year pass by, we experience nature through the seasons. A good deal is viewed through the life of a leaf. New buds begin in the spring and grow throughout the summer. In the fall,...
In January 2020 the Jewish community came together in New York City to rally against anti-Semitism. The rally was in response to a series of attacks against Jews in December 2019 that included two...
This past month we celebrated Flag Day, observed on June 14 since 1916 as the anniversary of the Stars and Stripes. The date was to coincide with the 14th of June, 1777, to honor the resolution that...
As the Passover seder begins, we read in the Haggadah that it is a mitzvah to talk about the miracles that happened when the Jews left Egypt. The more someone tells about it, the more they deserve to...
Poetry is all the rage these days. It made the news when the National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the inauguration of President Biden....