I can’t tell you how frustrating it was to have to deal with insurance companies to get approval for a medication that my doctor wanted to put me on. There’s a lot of nonsense that patients have to go through in our current health care system to get required medication approved by insurance companies, it’s … More My saga with Industrialized Health Care
I was at the Tikkun Leil Shavuot this week and the featured speakers were two Rabbinic students from Ziegler. The presentations were good but one of the students made a comment during the Q&A that I found absolutely astounding. He said that some of his Rabbinic classmates were, in his words, “dismissive” of Israel. I … More Dismissive of Israel? WTF?
An article in the LA Jewish Journal by Ed Rodman got me thinking about the concept of the Bar Mitzvah partner. … More Thinking about my Bar Mitzvah Partner
We failed. But did we? “We have a failure of the spacecraft. We unfortunately have not managed to land successfully,” Opher Doron, general manager of the Israel Aerospace Industries space program, said on the SpaceIL’s livestream of the landing attempt…” “We are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach … More SPACEIL–Breisheet: So Close! “We arrived (just not how) we wanted…”
John Lewis: “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” The past … More Do not be afraid
No more Memorial Candles! No more somber music! No more visits to Military Cemeteries (for now)! No more sirens (for now)! It has been too long since my last visit to Israel. How long? Well 2008 was the last time I was there and I was still doing this! Working on the Sidekick LX and … More My eyes are on Israel, today–Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day)–Israel @70
70 years aint chicken feed! It’s an amazing accomplishment. Something to be proud of; Something to worry about; Something to be exasperated with; Something to be vigilant about. Just now, across Israel, the first of two air raid sirens sounded. 1 minute. Silence, noise, a metaphorical shofar, bowed heads. In another 15 hours, a 2 … More My eyes are on Israel, today–Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day)
50 Years ago, PSC started a journey. 47 years ago, The Memorial Scrolls Trust in London, England gave PSC, on permanent loan, 2 Torah scrolls rescued from the Nazis. 4 months ago, in October, 2017, I just privileged to be part of a delegation from our synagogue to return a 200-year-old Torah Scoll to its … More B’reisheet to Radical Amazememt. A collection of amazing moments
The Tao of Steve 