Category Archives: truth

“We Light These Lights: A New Hanerot Hallelu Prayer for Hanukkah” by Rabbi Brant Rosen

Posted on December 7, 2015 by jyourist

We light these lights for the instigators and the refusers the obstinate and unyielding for the ones who kept marching the ones who tended the fires the ones who would not bow down. We light these lights for the sparks … Continue reading →

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What is truth?

Posted on November 8, 2015 by jyourist
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“You are giving me such a headache.”

Posted on September 17, 2015 by jyourist

Today we talked about truth. How do we sift through the material we are flooded with on a daily basis and figure out what is the truth? What assumptions do we make in the judgment of truth? In light of … Continue reading →

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The everyday as large as the sacred

Posted on May 12, 2015 by jyourist

Syd Lieberman died today. We already miss his immense heart and compassionate humanity, his inspired ability to make the everyday as large as the sacred through every story he told. Genuine and truthful and loving, he was able to move us all … Continue reading →

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“Simple Truth” by Philip Levine (1928-2015) RIP

Posted on February 19, 2015 by jyourist

I bought a dollar and a half’s worth of small red potatoes, took them home, boiled them in their jackets and ate them for dinner with a little butter and salt. Then I walked through the dried fields on the … Continue reading →

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Solid beauty suffices

Posted on December 29, 2014 by jyourist

I took my mother to a beauty shop today. Bonnie washed my mother’s hair with something called Glimmer and Shine which supposedly makes gray hair look less dull and has purple bubbles. “But you don’t want to wash twice with it. … Continue reading →

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On this Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2014 by jyourist

On this Mother’s Day I am humbled by the compassionate wisdom and tender insight of my son.  When our children reflect back to us their understanding of the experience of our life, it can be unsettling, exposing, discerning. I don’t know why I … Continue reading →

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RIP Madiba 1918-2013

Posted on December 5, 2013 by jyourist

“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in … Continue reading →

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Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by jyourist

Today is the 100th anniversary of Robert Capa’s birth (1913-1954). He was a war photographer, killed in Vietnam (embedded with French troops) after stepping on a land mine. Born in Budapest to Jewish parents, he lived in Berlin, Paris, and … Continue reading →

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Truth

Posted on September 18, 2012 by jyourist

In the first part of the year my students and I discuss what truth is, how we can navigate through the flood of rhetoric and persuasion we are exposed to every day. We read the diary entries of the British … Continue reading →

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