Let me preface this by saying that studying and learning makes all the difference. It feeds my soul, it nourishes me, and it is my guide as I make my […]
It’s hard to resist a good motto or slogan. They are pearls of wisdom expressible in tweet or bumper sticker length. Simplicity paired with profundity. People, businesses, universities, and even states and countries […]
The founder of Aish HaTorah, Rabbi Noach Weinberg had an incredible understanding of the human condition. I’ve listened to his lectures, learned from his students, and studied at his yeshiva in […]
Ben touched on some of this in two posts… His first on Tisha B’Av… and his follow-up on “Where’s G-d?” Bad things DO happen to good people. And while I […]
There isn’t a single person alive who from time to time hasn’t asked, “Where could God possibly be?” It is a harrowing question that drives some to atheism and others to tortured […]
As I drove in the car the other day, listening to my favorite radio station KCSN (88.5 on your FM dial), the song “Believe” by My Morning Jacket came on, […]
Shakespearian actors and Jews have few things in common. 1) Both groups feel at home in New York. 2) Both groups pour over their source material, analyzing every letter, as if […]
