Pinchas: No Country for Old Zealots — By Ben
The Torah has no shortage of troubling passages. But few are as disturbing as the actions of Pinchas and the Torah’s opinion about them. If you’re unfamiliar with it I’ll give […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Seek And You Shall Find… Or Maybe Not! – By Marc
So… I did leave something out of a quote last week… and only because it would have opened a whole new conversation… You know one of those potentially never-ending, heavily […]
Is our ability to speak a blessing or a curse? Parsha Balak — By Barbara Heller
If you’re meant to change someone’s life with your words can you? What’s the opposite of inserting foot in mouth syndrome? I don’t believe that it’s being a wall flower […]
Stop The World, I Want To Get Off… Or At Least Make It A Much Better Ride – By Marc
We wake… Sometimes with a pounding headache… or maybe even some dread… If we watched the news the night before and drifted off to that, some horrible stories may have […]
Chukas – A Sentence: The Tragedy of Moses and the Rock — By Ben
In this week’s Torah portion, one of the most confusing and tragic events befalls our prophet Moses. He has been leading the Jewish people in the desert for an exhausting 40 […]
Finding The Holy In Unholy Places And Unholy Times — By Marc
That sounds a little dramatic… and I am not trying to be like a typical evening news story and create a catchy and tidy, catch-phrase headline to help define (and […]
Korach: A Good Reason to Argue – By Ben
In this week’s parsha, once again Moses is confronted by more dissatisfied Jews. It’s becoming such a common theme, I think we should change the name of the book of […]
Why We Mention Israel And Why We Should… Often – By Marc
For Elie Wiesel and those who have dedicated their lives to keeping history, memories and the truth alive… For always speaking out and for serving the world and fighting injustice […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 