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Inclusion & Respect

My heart’s desire this Mother's Day—and every day of the year—is for a world full of love, inclusivity and tolerance. Tolerance starts at home.

“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” —E. M. Forster

The Hebrew word “shalom” encompasses well-being, completeness, welfare and safety—all springing from its original meaning of “peace.”

A lifetime has already passed since that 1963 speech, and we, at the end of that passage of time, still live in a country made dangerous by hate.

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” —Buddha

It takes just over an hour—roughly 75 minutes—for TikTok to deliver Nazi content to a new user who didn’t search for it.

The path taken by those who choose hate is the one true path to perdition.

It’s hard to hate something—or someone—that you understand.

“The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.” — L. Ron Hubbard

Jacob Steinmetz made history two years ago as the first Orthodox Jew ever drafted by a major league ballclub.

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