From The Bimah: Jewish Lessons For Life

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a screen shot I saw this week conveys a truth that we need to reckon with.  The screen shot shows the different realities of New York City and Israel on New Year’s Eve.  New York:  fireworks. Israel: taking fire, the glare of missiles and rockets that Hamas still manages to fire into Israel.  New York: people on the streets, reveling, counting down in anticipation, 5-4-3-2-1, Happy New Year! Israel, another night in the bomb shelter? What do we do with this asymmetry?