This week’s parasha (Matot. Numbers 30:2-32:42) is one of the most difficult in the entire Torah for those of us who believe in a God of justice and compassion who cares deeply for all humanity, and ...

There is a great call for justice these days and rightly so. However, I am convinced that most of the people calling for justice have no idea what they are asking for. I do not believe that they know ...

In Psalm.89:14 it talks about justice and righteousness. One defends the people, and does what is right by everyone. The other restrains violent acts, restrains the rebels and racists, and keeps ...

Those who knew him well said he loved to joke, loved to laugh. He’d laughed much since the victory in Montgomery, the March on Washington, the cascade of accolades and roses bestowed by the Nobel ...

Choosing between candidates whose consciences are too clean. Some things were meant to be together. At least, that’s what I learned somewhere along the way about table manners. Even if you just want ...

One long-standing definition of justice – going back to the classical Greek philosophers – is giving to each one his or her ...

I associate the rallying call “law and order” with right-leaning politicians of the 1960s, especially Richard Nixon. The phrase conveyed resolve and passion about ending the constant upheavals that ...

My Jim Crow parents used time-honored African storytelling to pass on their meaningful lessons and history to me. Growing up on land owned by white sharecroppers, my mother and father picked cotton in ...

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Gemini born June 16-21, your guardian angel is Caliel, guardian of truth and justice.