Opinion: Sydney Perry

You Are Meant To Help Here - January 30, 2015

Dear Friends:

You know the old joke: the story is told of an a man who was traveling on an ocean liner when the ship sank. The crew offered him a life vest, which he declined, saying "God will provide." Likewise, he refused a seat on the lifeboat, insisting "God will save me." As he paddled…

Dream Of A Better America

Dear Friends:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., taught us to dream of a better America-a more compassionate and just society where everyone can live with dignity.

Some of us learned from Dr. King as we marched beside him in Montgomery, in Selma, in the Birmingham jail, in Washington, D.C. Other…

And Jacob Lived...and Lives Through Us

Dear Friends:

Like any of you who are on Facebook, I have received many messages from friends whose New Year greeting includes photos of the past year. Moments in time, captured by the camera become our memories. Photography means "writing with light". Looking at old movies or old photograp…

Do Not Be Quarrelsome Along the Way - December 26, 2014

In the old days, in the days before vans and SUVs, in the days before we had DVD players and iPads to keep the kids occupied while traveling, we would pile our 6 kids in the station wagon, ply them with treats, etch-a-sketch, arrange for 20 Questions, Geography, Ghost and finding license pla…

People Who Need People - Jewish Ledger, October 17, 2014

Barbara Streisand did it again!  Yet another #1 album for Babs. Her new album, Partners, features duets with male singers and includes her signature song from Funny Girl, “People”.  It is always a haunting melody for me but more so this year, after a summer where we as a people experie…

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