Q: In my local newspaper today, there were articles about Jared
Loughner, who shot and killed 6 people and wounded 12 more in Arizona in
2011, and James Holmes, who shot and killed 12 people and wounded
another 58 in a Colorado movie theater last ...
Q: Two of your last columns are tied together in my mind. A: In Orthodox
Judaism, women cannot be rabbis, cannot read from the Torah scroll,
cannot be counted in a prayer service, and cannot sit in mixed seating
with men. I'm on your side.
Q: My wife and I had a discussion last night concerning the different
time periods we actually celebrate Easter. A: Yours is a valid and
fascinating question with a complicated answer.
Thank you, dear readers, for your many kind comments on my column
welcoming Pope Francis to the world of healing and hope.
I've received many requests from readers for my views on the papal
conclave now meeting in Rome. I pray that the cardinals will choose a
pope who loves people as much as he loves God.
I recently had the honor of speaking to the Fellowship of Christians and
Jews in Palm Beach, Fla.
