“Justice, justice, shall you pursue.” These are, without a doubt, the most memorable lines from this week’s Torah portion, parshat…
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Ours is not the only time, place and culture besotted by putative “leaders” whose basis for power and position is…
As a rabbi, I’m saddened when I encounter people who feel rejected by Judaism because of reactionary or punitive Torah verses, exclusionary…
“Nachamu, nachamu ami — find comfort, find comfort my people. Your term of service is over; your iniquity expiated,” the…
Have you ever noticed how a story’s details can morph slightly from telling to telling? It’s a trick of our…
Jewish tradition makes use of many different names for God dependent upon situation and desired outcome. Offering prayers or making…
One might imagine, given his long history of leadership and thin pretext for not entering the Promised Land, overwhelming malevolence…
This week’s Torah portion, Balak, contains a very identifiable section from our morning liturgy. “How lovely are your tents, O…
To fly off the handle. To go ballistic. To blow one’s lid. To lose it. We have many idioms in English for…
In this week’s Torah portion, Korach, two divergent models of leadership are presented. The leadership of Korach, in the words…