We are surrounded by moments of pure grace, moments when, as Anne Lamott writes, “suddenly you’re in a different universe from the one where you were stuck, and there was absolutely no way for you get there on your own.” We notice such moments if we only have the eyes to see them. Just as fish swimming in water, we are immersed in the miraculous.
Steve Leder will share his personal story and discuss the current situation in Israel and rising antisemitism in a community talk April 20 at Temple Sinai.
Senior Rabbi Steve Leder, of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, offers a transcendent message about escaping the shadows of narrow-mindedness, and stepping into the light of empathy.
I write this article knowing it will appear a week before my last day as the executive director of the Jewish Federation of Atlantic & Cape May Counties. It has been my privilege to work with Jewish Federation leaders, my colleagues at the Jewish Federation, and with leaders of the Jewish organizations throughout Atlantic