DESPAIR Jennifer Naparstek Klein, Psy.D. When I heard last year that Robin Williams had taken his life, and in such a desperate seeming way—with a dress belt to his…
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Final Arrangements Judith Schoolman This I Believe, 2013, and Yom Kippur 2014 I believe people should make arrangements for their “final rest” before they die and not leave everything…
Legacy of My Parents Shirley Ranz As some of you, who have been in The City Congregation for many years, know, both my parents are Holocaust survivors. My father…
The Possibility of Change Gladys Foxe, L.C.S.W.. L.P., Ph.D. (Originally delivered, in a longer version, as “How I got my politics”, for Shabbat May 2013) Thank you Peter, and…
LEGACY Alice Kaplan Many years ago, I was given a handout. It must have been at a workshop I was attending but now, my memory fails me and I…
Integrity Dahlia K. Remler Rosh Hashanah 2012 Early in graduate school, I made an appointment to meet a fellow student in our departmental library at its closing time,…
Only Connect Trudy Elins As always, I started by doing some research on the topic. Rabbi Peter is not the only one who can Google “Purpose of Life.” But I…
Yom Kippur 2010 Forgive Me, Mother Carol Sternhell On Mother’s Day the nursing home—my mother’s prison—is abloom. Every resident—at least every one with relatives willing to sign a check—gets…
Yom Kippur 2010 Forgiveness by Dan Wyman “Danny, are you a Nazi?!!!” This was my grandmother Edith’s response to me when, at age 10 on a visit to…
Life’s Challenges Devera Witkin Yom Kippur 2009 I am so honored to be a speaker today, alongside my friend Hy Gold. Hy is a real mensch and such a kind,…