Chanukah, a REAL holiday. — By Ben
Chanukah is a lie. Or rather that’s what I came away with after a seminar taught at my reform Temple when I was 12. I don’t remember much, I just […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
When Idols Give Us Faith And Hope – By Marc
If you read my FB posts, you will see just how brutal a year 2016 has been, especially in the world of music. Personally, I am quite happy to see […]
Reward for Failure – Vayeishev — By Ben
This week’s Torah portion, parsha Vayeishev, begins Joseph’s story. And it’s quite a story at that. There’s betrayal, seduction, a prison set piece, some dreams sequences, and (of course) mistaken identity. But the event […]
Going Up? The Levels Of Life And The Ladder – By Marc
“We all have two lives. The second one begins when we realize we only have one.” (Rabbi Shlomo Seidenfeld) As we approach the end of the secular year and the […]
Pulp Fiction and the Parsha — By Ben
I know what you’re thinking. I’m going to go into Jules’s use of Ezekiel 25:17 as a speech before he “takes care of” his clients. Maybe go into how he dissects it […]
Hard but Good: Chronic Pain’s Journey into Motherhood — By Ilana Tatarsky
“You think you have no energy now? Just wait…” I am nine months pregnant with my first child and am scratching my head as to why this well-meaning person thinks […]
Vayeitzei – 12 Rocks and 70 Faces — By Ben
“There are 70 faces to the Torah” -Midrash As the Midrash is pointing out, there’s no one way to read the Torah. There’s gematria, Aggadata, the four levels of understanding, Rashi’s […]
Changing The Space/Time Continuum – By Marc
Stress… Anxiety… It is an all-consuming misadventure. How hard is it to think of anything else when stress reigns supreme? We wake up anxious, spend our day in the same […]
Toldos – Not the Way it was Suppoed to Be –By Ben
In this week’s parsha, we have the infamous deception of Yitzchak by Yaakov for the coveted brucha. It’s a particularly troubling passage as it paints (without proper interpretation) our forefather in […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 