As the summer sunrise gets later and the sunset earlier, the observations from the berm have been multiplying. Let this edition of Maresca’s two.
My Mid-Year Review
Eric Schulzke: Daydreaming may be the next childhood psychiatric target
Kathryn Moody: Investors, Are You Ready for the Next Global Crisis?
Meghan Streit: Pitching In When Caregivers Need Help
The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Caprese is a light, fresh salad; the perfect quick and easy accompaniment to any summer meal
Jonathan Tobin: Care about the Jewish state s future? Obama, in interview, reveals even more reasons to worry
Alan M. Dershowitz: Confirmed: Needless death and destruction in Gaza
Katie Nielsen: As a mother, I m all I need to be
Cameron Huddleston: 18 Retailers That Offer Price Adjustments
A Judge and a Jew
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Chabad rabbi, and the mysterious nature of Jewish identity
Artwork: “Justice” by Rivka Krinsky. Prints available at www.rivkakrinsky.com
, something she made very special in our home…
Writing by hand, on stationery bearing the seal of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled her childhood as a young Jewish girl in Flatbush, Brooklyn:
Chanuka was a happy holiday for us, not the least because of the gelt my grandfather gave to the grandchildren, for which we lined up from eldest to youngest.
A thousand thanks!
December 20, 2020
Beloved Faithful of Saint Barbara,
I am delighted to finally be with you for the Divine Service, and especially on this Sunday before Christmas. This is a most special day, when we read the genealogies of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Earlier in the Matins service, we read the genealogy of our Lord as found in the Gospel of Saint Luke, which contains one line of the descendants of the Lord. The other genealogy, read in the Divine Liturgy, is from the Gospel of Saint Matthew. The Fathers of the Church teach that the difference between these genealogies is a matter of subtle points of Judaic Law, but there is another difference that may be more important.