Congregation Beth Israel

Mentors are key to our human development at every age and stage. For young people, mentors are obvious resources for future personal and professional growth. I remember mentors who played roles in my life. At important personal and professional junctures, their input and advice enabled me to make choices that worked best for my family and me. Surely your own mentors were cri...

America at 250 is unlike America at 200. Fifty years ago, I was just a teenager and remember the turmoil of the mid-1970s. It wasn’t just the bell-bottoms and wide collars, the disco music, or the focus on all things red, white, and blue that made it an odd time. The nation was also healing from the Vietnam War, the Watergate affair, and an energy crisis. My father had just ...