Rachel Mankowitz describes the Jewish custom of sukkah as inviting our ancestors to eat with us in the holidays.
May this sukkah, vulnerable to sun and wind and rain, teach us that real peace comes not from an external structure, but from the strength of the community that gathers within.
Sheila Morris
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grandmothers for a brighter future
Thirteen days until Election 2020 here in the USA, and of the countless texts, emails and snail mail from the candidates for the Senate in our home state of South Carolina, this piece that arrived at our home today is … Continue reading
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say her name: Breonna Taylor
The 2020 WNBA season consists of twelve teams living and playing together since July in the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for a shortened 22-game schedule followed by the traditional playoff series that began on September 15th. The bizarre season … Continue reading
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your protection has expired
I can’t make this up. The first words I saw when I opened my laptop last night to read about the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg were “your protection has expired.” Granted those words referred to my cyberspace security, … Continue reading
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Tagged justice ruth bader ginsburg, RBG, supreme court, us constitution
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black women called “Mayor” from sea to shining sea
A world wide pandemic from an attack by an unseen enemy known as Covid-19, increasing public protests across the country led by Black Lives Matter against systemic racism in the criminal justice system and other institutions, police brutality in the … Continue reading
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Tagged atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms, black lives matter, chicago mayor lori lightfoot, covid-19 pandemic, dc mayor muriel bowser, deaths of john lewis and rev vivian, gun control, murders of george floyd breonna taylor and rayshard brooks, police brutality, san fran mayor london breed, systemic racism
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breaking news: interview with a Mushy Middler
My fake news interview with a Mushy Middler was first published here in August, 2017, one year after the US presidential election of 2016. With the 2020 election less than two months away, I wondered whether the mythical “mushy middle” … Continue reading
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Pride Day at the 2020 US Open!
The theme of this year’s 2020 US Open grand slam tennis tournament is Be Open. “When you keep an Open mind, great things can happen. In the game, and out in the world…Generations of tennis players have been inspired by … Continue reading
this country doesn’t love us back
“There are other cases… of officers who seem to be ‘trigger happy.’ In a number of instances, Negroes have been shot, supposedly in self-defense, under circumstances indicating, at best, unsatisfactory police work…and at worst, a callous willingness to kill.” (Excerpt … Continue reading
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families first
No justice, no peace. No Donald, no Mike. Just Joe and Kamala. Four years ago I was overjoyed when the first woman of a major political party was nominated to be President of the United States. From Seneca to Selma … Continue reading
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you are out of your lane
“There will be a resistance to your ambition. There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane,’ because they are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984 presidential election, 2016 presidential election, 2020 election, asylum seekers, black lives matter, former vice president joe biden, geraldine ferraro, Hillary Clinton, inflection point, refugees, senator kamala harris, walter mondale
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