By Salomon Gruenwald on May 14th, 2011
Parashat Behar 5771 14 May 2011 Indulge me for a moment, if you will, in a brief thought experiment. Imagine that you and I and everyone in this room are not who we are. Imagine that we are disembodied souls and that where we are is not in this sanctuary, in Denver, in the United [...]
By Salomon Gruenwald on May 8th, 2011
Parashat Emor 5771 Early Monday morning, I found myself sitting in a police car. No, I wasn’t arrested. I was sitting in the front seat next to the officer. I recently started volunteering with the Denver Police Department as a Chaplain; and on Monday I went on my first ride-along. I spent 7 hours patrolling [...]