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July 2015

July 12, 2015

Prayer, Good Deeds and Sacrifices? Explaining The Role of Sacrifices in Judaism

The most read book in human history, the Bible, spends much of its time concerned with...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Between The Parts: The Liminal Space Between Continuity and Assimilation

In the great epic story of humanity there has always been the forces that compel...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Don’t Pray, Communicate! A Book Review of Holistic Prayer

To understand the newest book by Rabbi Avi Weiss one needs to tell a story...

May 04, 2014

I and You : Reflecting on Understanding the Other

How often do we truly put ourselves in the space to encounter the other in...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Kumare: The Allure of Otherness

I watched the documentary Kumare this weekend and I was struck by its portrayal of...

March 2013

March 24, 2013

What Amazes You?

Tomorrow night people around the world will sit down with their family and friends and...

May 2012

May 08, 2012

The Righteous Mind

I recently finished reading Professor Jonathan Haidt's new book The Righteous Mind and found it...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

The Hunger Games and Divine Concealment

Many have written in recent days about the wildly popular new movie The Hunger Games...

April 09, 2012

The Exodus and Miraculous Realism

This past weekend Jews throughout the world celebrated the beginning of Pesach, the Passover holiday,...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

A Philosophy of Jewish Law

The most defining characteristic of an observant Jewish life is fidelity to the halacha, to...