Category Archives: Personal

Where’s The Cruelty?

A friend emails: I am sorry to hear that your plantar has taken so long to get rid of. I found that in addition to the physical therapy, that massaging the area and really working in magnesium oil, seemed to … Continue reading

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A Little Boy Shaking His Fist

A woman told me: “When I hear your reading and I hear what you have to say and how you relate the incidents, I get this image of a little boy standing, looking up, and shaking his fist at everything … Continue reading

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Sacramento’s Mosaic Law Congregation

By the end of 1989, I determined to convert to Judaism, but I was not sure which denomination to choose. My hero Dennis Prager was non-denominational. He went to all types of synagogues. I decided to be like that. As … Continue reading

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My First Pop Song

One day in 1978, I think, when I was about 12, I was in the living room of our apartment at Pacific Union College in the Napa Valley and the radio was on and across the airwaves came Sing a … Continue reading

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The I-5 To Freedom

There are few things I love more than hitting the open road. The prospect of a long drive without any obligation fills me with joy. This is change I can believe in! Soon after I arrived in California in 1977, … Continue reading

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