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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.

The Soul of the Stranger

The commandment not to oppress the stranger can refer to war refugees, for whom the Torah demands intense compassion.

Life’s a Beach

I can choose to live anywhere I wish, but would I want to?

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