Rabbi Tarphon said, “You are not required to complete the work, yet are you not free to abstain from it.“
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I Loved that Car
On September 29th, an unusually heavy deluge struck New York City with many inches of rain. I was driving north on the Bronx River Parkway, a narrow thread of a throughway under significant construction and thick with traffic. I was traveling in the middle lane nose to tail ahead and behind me. As I approached…
Farm v Nature
The raspberry on the left is from a farm in the Hudson Valley, NY and the one on the right is a wild raspberry from a vine on my property. The farm-raised fruit is sweet and a tad mushy while the wild one is more tart but firm. The wild one also presents a stronger…
At Chautauqua Institute
I have been invited to present at Chautauqua Institute this summer. (https://www.chq.org/) I will be presenting a lecture followed by Q&A on the religious response to climate change, our obligations and our approaches. My lecture is scheduled for Monday, July 24th @ 2:00pm in the Hall of Philosophy. Woohoo!
Glenn Jacob 