“God loves a broken heart,” said Nachman of Bratislava, a spiritual genius of our people. God must love our hearts. In the face of grief, we must first acknowledge the commitment and character of those who took on the responsibility and caregiving that goes with love. Marc and Lisa, Steve and Julie you and your families have been the stalwart…

A personal opinion piece regarding Israel & Palestine by David H. Fuks Bio: David H. Fuks is an author, an actor, a holocaust educator and a playwright. He is also a serious Jew who worked in the human services arena for over forty years. His parents were Holocaust survivors. Fuks grew up in Detroit, Michigan and has lived in Portland,…

My wife and I saw a young homeless man being confronted by two police officers in Seaside, Oregon. The officers were polite, but adamant. The young man was having a negative impact on a convenience store before which he was sitting and the proprietor had clearly made a call to complain.  After some words and a demand that he move…

Thirty years ago I bought a Volvo. My mother asked, “Is that a German car?”  “No Ma,” I replied. “It’s Swedish. They were neutral.” She was unimpressed. In the neighborhood in which I grew up, buying German products was forbidden. For some, even a Ford  was unacceptable. (Henry Ford was, after all, an outrageous anti-Semite.) Now, it is noteworthy that…

Published on the website, “Inside Detroit”, in 2019: My country is locking up immigrant children to protect me. It’s not working. I don’t feel safer. Hundreds of children trying to cross the Mexican border into the U.S. have been locked in cages with inadequate beds, poor hygiene, and no adult caregivers. It is traumatizing for them and for us. Some…