Beyond Us and Them.....How Do We Create a World In Which There is Only the One?
Bloggers Note: This is a VERY lengthy post, as I felt the need to deal with so many different issues which have arisen over the past months. Please take your time to read it and to respond, privately or on the blog itself, if you would like. I'm sure you won't agree with everything, but that's not the point is it? L'shalom/In Peace, Steven _______________________________ I would like to apologize for my lengthy absence from this blog. When last I wrote we were still reading about the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau in the middle of the book of Bereshit /Genesis. Now we are in the middle of the book of Shemot /Exodus. This past Shabbat we read the Parashah /Portion called Yitro (Jethro), which is the name of the High Priest of the nation of Midian who is also the father of Tzipporah, Moses' wife. In this parashah he comes to see Moses (and one would hope, his daughter as well, though the text seems to ignore this....hmmm) for he h...