Mark WildesA Chanukah Message: Taking Your Life Back As the only black man on the Brooklyn Dodgers team, Jackie Robinson was subject to lots of derision, racism, and bigotry. Determined to...
Mark WildesFinding Happiness in What You Already Have: A Thanksgiving MessageWe tend to appreciate the basic gifts of life only after they are threatened. As long as we remain in good health, we go about our daily...
Mark WildesThe Spiritual Cosmopolitan: Can You Be Religious and Worldly?“Isaac loved Esav…but Rebecca loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28) It’s not difficult to understand why Rebecca loved Jacob. He was a parent’s...
Mark WildesAug 12, 2016Zachor: The Jewish Response to PainI was asked to introduce the third chapter of Eichah, the Book of Lamentations read on the eve of Tisha Ba’av. Lamentations is widely...
