Why I am Fasting on this Friday the 13th

  Today is Friday the 13th – an auspicious superstitious date – but that’s not why I’m fasting.   Today is also the Tenth of Tevet, an ancient minor fast day on the Jewish calendar, recalling the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem, under siege by the Assyrians, over 2,500 years ago. The breach brought about […]

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama & Many Friends: My Chanuka at the White House

“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness,” Eleanor Roosevelt once said. So with in mind, I was honored and excited to be invited for the White House Chanukah Party on the the eighth day – to pay my respects to first families past and present. There were many highlights, including meeting  many friends from […]

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radi8: night 8 of illumin8 (and culmin8!)

  Ever hear of the Rokia studies? Professor Paul Slovic from University of Oregon did a series of studies a few years ago in which participants were shown a photo of a starving 7 yr old girl from Mali, Africa named Rokia.  They were told that Rokia is desperately poor and faces the threat of […]

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