Vayaq’hel: Actualizing the Mishkan
byIf Dan is the extreme expression of Yosef in the same way that Shimon is of Yehuda, what was the importance of appointing tribesmen of Yehuda and Dan to lead the construction of the Mishkan?
Man in the Moon
byMy grandmother taught me not to stare at the moon for too long and to never fall asleep facing a mirror My mother buried…
The Yom Kippur War (I): Israel’s Black Panthers & the Context for Surprise
byLabor Zionist attitudes toward the Israeli Black Panthers revealed a psychological blind spot that would later be exploited in a deadly surprise attack.
Ki Tisa: Crisis of the Golden Calf
byA mistake that nearly had catastrophic results for the entire people of Israel ultimately revealed Moshe’s true greatness as a national leader.
Bennett’s ‘Singapore Plan’ Would be Disastrous for Israel
byNaftali Bennett is actually campaigning on bringing ‘Reaganomics’ to Israel in the middle of a crisis.
Glimpse of Spring
byTo the woman collecting bottles who feeds the cats every third day on her walk to work To the couples whispering on the stone…
Revealing the Hidden on Purim
byThe rituals & customs of Purim help us to recognize the Creator behind the curtains of our reality.
Tetzave: The Purpose of the Kohanim
byBy submerging individual identity into the collective Hebrew nation, the kohanim work to cleanse the children of Israel from all transgressions and to inspire the people with a powerful show of kedusha.
The Festival of Nikanor
byIs there a value to reviving Yom Nikanor as a festival to celebrate on the night before the Fast of Esther?
An Exploration of Vengeance with Thane Rosenbaum
byIs there a moral value to vengeance that’s deeply human yet often obscured by bourgeois ideology?
T’ruma: Mystery of the Kruvim
byWhat can the Mishkan teach us about the ways Divine revelation is channeled into our world?
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Adar
byEven in our own times, we can see sparks of the liberating potential of the month of Adar.