With a daughter now old enough for sleep away camp and the variety of summer vacations we take, summer is a time when our family is seldom at home. Every year we tell ourselves that this year will be different. This summer we will not let our spiritual commitment fall by the wayside. But it does, and then like clockwork the high holidays come around to recharge our spiritual batteries.We are fortunate to attend services at the Brandeis-Bardin institute in Southern California. We celebrate the holidays in the middle of 3000 beautiful acres of rolling hills. The cycle continues. We renew our commitment to living a wonderful Jewish life for the next ten months only to become wanton hedonists in the summer and renewed again during the high holidays. The holidays also represent a renewal of hope for the world. I try to capture these harmonious feelings that I and other Jews have and somehow transport them to the rest of the world with the hope that maybe our world can be healed. Today, as I prepare for the holidays, I commit to doing one good thing to help fix the world. I hope you will join me…I could use your help!
Richard Foos is CEO of Shout! Factory and the founder of legendary Rhino Records www.shoutfactory.com
