Yisro – When Unity Becomes Dangerous
We talk a lot about unity as if it’s automatically good.
This week’s parshiyot suggest something more unsettling: unity can be powerful and destructive — depending on what it’s built on.
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Vayechi – End of Days — By Ben
With parsha Vayechi, we end the book of Bereishis (aka Genesis). It feels just like yesterday we were at Rosh Hashanah closing in on the end of the Torah. As […]
Succos – The Woman With the Yarmulke — By Ben
It was almost a month ago when I noticed a woman wearing a bright yarmulke as I pulled into the parking lot of my usual Starbucks. I’m not going to […]
Destructive vs Productive Unity – Video — By Ben
This week Ben is doing a video blog. If you’d like to read more on unity, click here.
Unification, Unify, Unity… Of The Head And Heart And More – By Marc
First off, let me wish a meaningful journey to Ben, as he spends the next three months in Jerusalem. To say I am envious would be an understatement. It’s amazing how […]
Purim – The Anti Semitism of Shushan — By Ben
The story of Purim has drama, suspense, nudity, plot twists, and drinking. So much drinking. But despite all that craziness and tomfoolery it’s actually a troubling story of how a society […]
The Struggle… In Finding Unity, In Life And In Writing This Blog – By Marc
There are times when posts just come to me… flow out of me with great ease. There are days when I struggle to come up with something I think is […]
The Dinner Party — By Ben
Recently I was at a friend’s house for Shabbos dinner. And even though it was a Shabbos dinner, the crowd wasn’t particularly observant. Some guests drove there. One person checked their phone. And […]
The Unity Of Community – By Marc
Oh, there is a political and controversial post coming… It is brewing inside of me and is something that needs to be discussed… something that has been troubling me for […]
There Is But One… The Power Of Unity And Connection – By Marc
Hashem is everywhere. Hashem is everything. “Hear, O Israel: Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is the One and Only.” I am a victim of the damaging notion that G-d was […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 