Mediation And Prayer… Which Comes First? – By Marc
It’s funny how big mediation and mindfulness are right now… Books on the subject can be found in the “New Age” section of most libraries and bookstores, and yet the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
A Good Man Goes To War — Lech Lecha — By Ben
I’ve always had a reverence for parshas Lech Lecha. We have Avram prominently featured and with him, the real the start to the Jewish people. We have the famous commandment […]
Mourning Words: What Judaism Teaches Us About Dealing With Death – By Marc
I go out of my way to make this blog apolitical… but too often in today’s world there are things that come up in politics that need to be addressed. […]
#MeToo In the Time of Noach — By Barbara Heller
Me too. Me too. Me too. With the recent outpouring and revelation of personal trauma that has taken social media by storm, it is extraordinary to see how these instances of […]
An Answer To The Anger – By Marc
The full title for this was going to be “An Answer To The Anger And The Atheists”… but I did not immediately want to offend. And the fact is, the […]
Vezos Habracha – The End of the Torah — by Ben
With all the excitment of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Succos, Shemini Atzeres, and Simchat Torah, it’s very easy to miss the final parsha of the Torah, Vezos Habracha. It’s the […]
Why? Perhaps We Need A Better Question – By Marc
Why? Why do we? Why don’t we? Why didn’t we? No one beats ourselves up better than we do on our own. This Yom Kippur was particularly difficult, as I […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 