Comments on: On Passover, Parents and Children

By: Lori L.

Lori L. — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:47:09 +0000

Dear Cassie,
Thank you for reaching out with your personal experience. In my experience, a community as a whole rarely is equipped to reach out to individuals in need, as is your own sad experience. Individuals within the community do reach out, and they become the angels who help those whose cries for help sometimes are not heard or understood. Maybe someday, with your experience, sensitivity and knowledge, you will be such an angel to a young person.

By: Ruth Rosen

Ruth Rosen — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:50:12 +0000

Thanks for your comments on the horrific Virginia Tech massacre. The latest of many in the USA.

The misrepresentation of the 2nd Amendment which alluded to muskets and a well regulated militia in 1776 bears no resemblance to the massive firepower available today. Until we have uniform federal gun control, there will be more massacres. Bill Clinton was the only president with the guts to say the gun issue is a “no brainer”.

So we are stuck with GW bush. His home state of Texas is considering legalizing guns for the blind, so they can experience the outdoors and the thrill of the kill. Good Grief!

By: vickie korey

vickie korey — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:35:56 +0000

On Passover, Irv and I usually make a donation to Mazon in honor of all our Seder guests. Now, with your thoughtful and thought provoking comments on this weeks parsha, I find more Tzedakah opportunities that relate to Pesach. Thanks so much for enriching my Pesach once again.

By: Shirley Gould

Shirley Gould — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:54:30 +0000

This is to express my appreciation for your thoughtful writings. With some extra time I decided just to check and see whether there was anything new, and there certainly was, with a lot of food for thought. Thanks.

By: frecklescassie

frecklescassie — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:21:42 +0000

My mom is a drug addict and is in jail. The Jewish community wanted nothing to do with me and my brother after she got arrested. It was like her problems were contagious. He was 18 when he became my guardian and we were both abused for our whole life. Now we have been to a lot of counseling and we are both doing a lot better, but I am sorry that none of that happened in the Jewish community. When my mom was using drugs and being abuseive she pushed a lot of people away, but the Jewish adults in our town should not have pushed us away when we were just learning to survive on our own.

Now I am dating a Jewish boy and starting to get back involved, but at a different temple. I still see some of the adults my mom knew but I don’t really talk to them.