As the writer of Proverbs 10:12 tells us, Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. As the numbers of hate crimes against African Americans, Asian-Americans, Jews of all races, and many others who are marginalized for various identities rise at alarmingly high rates, we become saturated with hateful […]
As I reflect on this 7th Commemoration of the Mother Emanuel AME Martyrdom where nine Black men and women were killed while in Bible Study, I am going into Shabbat meditation on these questions: If America is a nation “under God” then why since we were brought to her shores […]
Dark am I, AND lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother’s sons were angry with me and made me take care of the […]