Torah
The Torah and Group Development
Have you ever wondered why even the most effective groups sometimes experience a clash?
What My Sephardi and Ashkenazi Grandmothers Taught Me About Cooking and Feminism
Sephardi and Ashkenazi Cooking Traditions
The Role of the Elite
What does it mean to be an “elite?” Recently, the term has come to be much derided by people on ...
African American Republican Congressional Candidate Turned Yeshiva Student
For some people, fitting into the status quo is soothing, comforting, peaceful. Not for me. For me, seeking a life ...
Sleep to Dream, Dream to Plan, Plan to Act
This winter vacation, I slept more than I had in recent memory. Heading to Upstate New York with my wife ...
Grappling With the Mysteries of Creation
It happens every year like clockwork.I enter the kindergarten where the children are waiting in anticipation. Before I have a ...
Even Those We Hate Are Made in God’s Image
There is a myth of a time when everyone in the world was able to work together on the same ...
Speaking of Others’ Nakedness
Commentary on Parshat Noah, Genesis 6:9-11:32In this week’s Torah portion, Noah, after the flood recedes, Noah leaves the ark, gets ...
Simchat Torah… With a Little More Torah This Time
Many of my most formative experiences and Jewish-identity-markers have had two things in common: they were highly competitive, and involved ...