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Dec 30, 2018, 11:47 PM
Where are the visionaries to defeat tyranny?
There can be no doubt that we are ruled by a sociopath, a lethal megalomaniac. The air is full of condemnation,  Yet, how much serious contemplation and calling are there for the angry populace to cry out “Enough tyranny talk!  What can we do to...
Jun 30, 2018, 12:42 AM
Sit down, Mishuganer!
Does anyone remember images of those misanthropes who stood on their soapboxes and harangued the passing crowd on everything from the End of Days to the evils of fluoridated water? My Grandpa Julius was one of those misanthropes, every Sunday in Chicago’s Wicker Park berating...
Jun 20, 2018, 6:59 PM
Prelude to ‘Eerie Foreshadowing…’
This afternoon, I heard a recording of little immigrant children wailing, sobbing, crying, calling for “mama!” torn from mama’s arms, denied comfort, incarcerated, in many instances caged, away from a mama drying tears, just 4:1000 social workers, the cruelty of police hooting “It’s an orchestra...
Jun 15, 2018, 10:07 PM
Eerie foreshadowing
[Caveat emptor:  I first composed this essay in June 2016.  Now, precisely two years later, babies are being ripped from their mothers’ arms and incarcerated away from their frantic parents, justified by a grotesque citation of Biblical passages.  The President plays kissy-kissy with maniacal megalomaniacs...
May 29, 2018, 8:50 PM
Members of my tribe!
Where is our rage over desperate babies torn from their hopeless mommas’ arms? Unwanted immigrants, ruthlessly denied the protection and caring of their parents? Cruel, unconscionable, unimaginable in the Land that that opens her arms and invites, “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I...
May 20, 2018, 1:03 AM
A Bad Case of Righteous Indignation
Whenever I am smitten by a case of righteous indignation, my friend Henry chalks it up to male menopause. I occasionally must remind him that certain insults to the intellect or spirit merit righteous indignation – especially when they come to be institutionalized as dogma....
May 8, 2018, 6:23 AM
What a long, strange trip it’s been
OK, SO THIS IS THE STORY… Four years ago, the doc discovered a “tiny something” in my kidney. Tiny, but he was certain that it was malignant.  It was so tiny that no action was indicated except “wait and see” in the hope that it...
Apr 14, 2018, 9:19 PM
“Tell the rabbi it’s enough with the goyim and the schvartzes!”
There’s a point when even a successful rabbi knows that he’s winning the battle but losing the war. I knew the tirade that marked the point of my departure, and there was no golden parachute waiting for me. Once upon a time, about nine years...
Apr 10, 2018, 7:36 AM
In Defense of Brit Milah . . . Again
>>>>> TODAY, I CAUGHT THE FOLLOWING YEA-AND-NAY EXCHANGE (MOSTLY NAY) ON THE MEDICAL PROCEDURE OF CIRCUMCISION — WHICH JEWS HAVE CHERISHED AS “BRIS MILAH,” A RITUAL OF COVENANT SINCE ABRAHAM. I HAVE ATTACHED A SELECTION OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE LETTERS AMONG THEM. AT THEIR CONCLUSION,...
Mar 25, 2018, 7:21 PM
PEAS and BEANS and RICE, OH MY!
THE PASSOVER TEMPEST IS ROILING AGAIN THIS YEAR:  Do we or do we not eat “kitniyot” (legumes, rice, and related starchy veggies) on Pesach?  For centuries, the simple answer has been Sephardim “Yes,” and Ashkenazim, “No.” Kehillot Ashkenaz apparently were more inclined to mill dried...
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About Me
Marc Wilson is a rabbi and activist, serving congregations for four decades. He lives in Greenville, SC, and is blessed with a compassionate wife and the 14 smartest grandchildren ever. He especially loves being with family, teaching Torah, and cooking a competitive kosher gumbo. Marc is especially passionate about inclusive Yiddishkeit and the long, strange trip his life has been. He considers his greatest achievement the seven years he cared for his homebound parents. Contact Wiludi (Rabbi Marc) at marcwilson1216@aol.com.