Torah
The Rabbi, The Pastor and the Torah of Mankind
The baggage claim at the airport in Gondar, Ethiopia is still by far the most humorous way I have yet ...
The Pilgrim’s Guide to Success
I’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years ...
Is the Messiah Coming?
Several years ago I went to visit one of my daughters in Israel. She was attending a summer program and ...
Southern Jewish Voices: “Faithful Journey”
Today’s blog post is from Doug Smith, a member of one of the ISJL’s partner congregations, Temple Israel in Columbus, Georgia. ...
Balanced Like the Trees
“He (Moses) said: “If you will listen diligently to the voice of HaShem, your God, and you will do what ...
Real Religious Differences
Every year, I laugh out loud at this week’s Torah reading, the crossing of the Red Sea.There Moses stands, so ...
A Lesson from Moses to Martin Luther King Jr.
During my childhood, I never understood why I found myself needing to adapt differently depending on which parent I was ...
God’s Abortive Assassination Attempt
Parshat Shmot which we read this week contains one of the most bizarre incidents in all of the Torah. By ...
“Selma” A Jewish Take
This week I had the privilege of viewing an early showing of Selma , a movie about the historical events that ...
What Happened to Dinah?
Although we’re a bit beyond the portion, there’s been a lot of social media chatter about Dinah – possibly because ...