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Dec 30, 2020, 7:39 AM

What might have been

From 'The Trial of the Chicago Seven' movie promotional poster.

I heartily recommend “The Trial of the Chicago Seven” to nearly every American, whether you were there or not there, liberal or conservative, too young to regard it as an urban legend, but just old enough to remember it as an urban horror played out...

Dec 12, 2020, 5:32 PM

‘Your place is with the victims of the SS’

There are Jews. And there are Jews. There are Jews who eat pork chops. And there are Jews who eat Hebrew National Salami. There are Jews who drink Chateauneuf Du Pape. And there are Jews who drink Mogen David. There are Jews who gather ’round the...

Nov 19, 2020, 1:12 AM

Ominous Signs Surround Trump

My associates and I have been cautious about dropping the “H” bomb on Donald Trump. We restrain ourselves from intimating that he the next “Hitler in training.” I say “reluctant” and but not in “total denial.” We who have witnessed the murders of our loved...

Oct 2, 2020, 2:18 AM

Every retired preacher I know suffers from a tad or more of “Bima (Pulpit) Envy,” the obsession to again mount the pulpit and take just one more shot at it. My mentor Rabbi Shusterman, mused wistfully that “The only honorable way for most of us...

Sep 5, 2020, 6:28 PM

Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!

First, the good news: After a two-year long cancer panic, my oncologist has declared me disease-free. At first, what seemed to be an inconsequential carcinoma in my kidney slowly grew and the kidney had to be removed. The oncologists debated the options of post-op treatment,...

Jun 11, 2020, 7:40 PM

Brenda, Braverman, the Ramona, and 1968

Like smoke, the majority of my lifetime has quickly blown away. So, before it all becomes dust in the wind or buried deep in my obit, let me spin a yarn about what I did in San Francisco, the summer of ’68: There was no...

Apr 17, 2020, 11:22 PM

Quandaries in caring for COVID patients

I HAVE RECENTLY HEARD from trusted (?) media that PA’s are not allowed to treat COVID patients in local hospitals. Please tell me that it is a baseless rumor. If so, why so? I have spent months in hospitals, sometimes with a communicable illness. Yet,...

Apr 8, 2020, 8:08 PM

Requiem for an errant student

Today, the most beloved of my teachers, Reb Yaakov Perlow, died. He was 98, sharp and clear to his final day, succumbed to COVID. Rabbi Perlow was my Gemara Rebbe when I was a high school senior in the Yeshiva in Skokie. By our time...

Mar 13, 2020, 2:07 PM

Touching the hot stove

After four months of near paralysis, I foolishly tried to walk to the bathroom at 3 a.m. and tripped on the way back to bed. No pain whatsoever, a “soft tumble,” not a crash. Shamefully, though, we had to call 911 to get me up...

Feb 23, 2020, 6:33 AM

Home. Home. Home.

These have been the three most terrifying, bizarre months of my life. As time dissipates, I can still envision the horror of the months, but they have already sucked my conscience into a swirling miasma. Gasping for breath in the churning descent, I have only...

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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.