Call me old-fashioned or out-of-step or even reactionary, but I just cannot abide the use of “(they/them)” as the pronoun of choice that is increasingly popular among younger people who do not...
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The Occasional Kvetch
(they/them): Who Gives a S/he/it?
How I Reconciled God, Torah and Homosexuality
The Bible has been used and abused by Jews as well as Christians to justify positions that subsequently became morally objectionable. Both slavery and the subservient status of women were defended at...
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Don’t Call Me White
Maybe it’s because I grew up in Toronto, Canada in the 1950s and had limited exposure to people whose African ancestors were brought to North America. Perhaps it’s because I grew up mostly in...
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The Occasional Kvetch
“Kvetch” for those of you unfamiliar with the word is Yiddish, meaning to fret, complain or gripe. I choose this word as key to my blog because, more often than not, something--usually an item...
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