The Jews: A Fantasy
Perhaps the Jewish people are the embodied principle of life itself, a distillation of humanity evolving toward that which it is not yet?
The Pursuit of Purity
Ancient rules regarding priestly purity offer guidance for moments when weighing different kinds of needs against each other proves difficult.
Under A Rest
Allowing oneself to be overcome by the exquisiteness of a moment is harder than it seems. Shabbat can help.
Walk the Walk
Truly great leadership requires a correspondence between an individual’s inner and outer lives.
The Paradox of Passover
Why is the festival of freedom also the holiday with the most rules?
Open Door Policy
Only when we open our doors to the hungry will we really be open to redemption.
Religious Catharsis
Modern Jewish life has been largely drained of the drama and emotional release available in ancient times. Is there a way to recapture it?
God’s Presence and Absence
Visiting with those in dire need, God's presence never felt more present — or absent.
A Place for the Primal
The mythic and the magical has its place in the sanctuary of the holy.
Giving Voice
Countless moments in the Bible demonstrate the raw power of voice, divine and human, to heal or destroy.
Psalm 22, Queen Esther and Us
The rabbis teach that Esther drew upon the words of Psalm 22 as she bravely went before King Achashverosh in an effort to save the Jews of ancient Persia.