Fifth Commandment
By Jason M. Rubin “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long….” Exodus 20:12 I. Father Time is not to be trifled...
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JMR
- Dec 25, 2022
- 2 min
RIP Sarah Jensen
I’ve told this story before but the only reason I’ve written four novels (one yet to be published) to this day is because I was dared to...
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JMR
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Light the Candles, Lose the Oil
As a Jew born of parents who had no desire to appear in any way assimilative to the larger Christian culture in America, I was disabused...
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JMR
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
Balls of Power
Aside from the fact that my health insurance is going up $120 per paycheck next week, I’m mostly okay with not winning the recent $2...
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JMR
- May 7, 2022
- 2 min
Bless Me
I am way too blessed, and most of my blessings, it seems to me, are undeserved. Unless being born a White male in a Blue state in America...
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JMR
- Apr 16, 2022
- 2 min
Moses on Mount Sinai: A Short Scene
And the Lord did make a sign for Moses, that he would go to Mount Sinai, and climb the mountain, whereupon he witnessed a bush on fire...
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JMR
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Happy Retirement, Tom Brady
It was Sunday, February 3, 2002, twenty years ago almost to the day. It wasn’t an ordinary Sunday, it was Super Bowl Sunday. And it...
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JMR
- Dec 30, 2021
- 4 min
Of Connections and Communities
The great thing about being an American Jew—apart from knishes, blintzes, and an ancestral connection to Bob Dylan and the Three...
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JMR
- Nov 6, 2021
- 7 min
A Pull Back, A Leap Ahead
It was a long, slow, gentle pull, barely noticeable, not even stirring any sense of curiosity on my part. It was a slight tug back toward...
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JMR
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
Love & Mercy with Brian Wilson
I could have submitted what follows to the Arts Fuse, the online arts magazine that pays me money in exchange for my opinions on music....
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JMR
- Jan 12, 2021
- 5 min
The Naked Truth About Sheldon G. Adelson
I graduated college in spring 1985 and naively assumed my diploma would open any corporate office door I chose to enter. By late August,...
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JMR
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
The Naked Truth About Donald Trump
Unpleasant though it may be, I ask you to close your eyes and imagine Donald Trump with no clothes on. What do you see? The answer is...
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JMR
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
In search of justice...and a Justice
Our text for today is Deuteronomy 16:20: “Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that Adonai your God...
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JMR
- Sep 17, 2020
- 3 min
Rosh Hashanah 5781
Everybody wants 2020 to end, but no one does anything about it. No one, that is, but us Jews. You see, all the horrible things that have...
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JMR
- Aug 5, 2020
- 3 min
Masonry in My Blood
My father has been a Mason for my entire life and longer. Actually, he’s a Shriner, which I guess is sort of like the Eagle Scout of...
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JMR
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
Re-engaging with “The Old Man and the Sea”
If you’re like me, you’ll pack a book when you go away for a few days. It could be something you’re in the middle of, or a new book...
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JMR
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
I Call B.S. on A.C.A.B.
When I was about seven or eight years old, I was momentarily separated from my mother on a busy sidewalk. I was very scared. A policeman...
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JMR
- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
Earth Fights Back
Their first mistake was their worst mistake: They neglected to consider that the earth on which they stood and trod had a soul; they did...
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JMR
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
The new abnormal
Many years ago, to earn a little extra money I took a job at a convenience store near my apartment at the time, in Lawrence. The gig was...
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JMR
- Mar 22, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 is all about human nature – and humans and nature
The world is wide, but I still find it difficult to stay six feet from people. Especially in the supermarket, with everyone focused more...
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