When my mother, of blessed memory, was in her mid-fifties, she attended a self-help psychology workshop. Afterwards, she said, “This…
Category: Torah
Is the Bible an Indigenous Text?
Is the Bible an Indigenous Text? That’s the question my colleague Rev. Ray Aldred, a status Cree from Northern Alberta, posed to…
Wars of the Lord
There it is, slipped so casually into the Biblical narrative: Thus it was said in the Book of the Wars…
Broken-hearted Prayer
So many dead in racial violence in one short, chaotic American week. Dear Lord. Dear Lord. Whose heart isn’t breaking?…
A Still Small Voice
Who are we? Philosophers! What do we want!!! What do we want??? Where are we? What does it mean? Who…
With Perfect Faith
A lion lies down with a lamb A kingdom of heaven brings the rule of love A trumpet declares God’s mercy…
Listen to Your Mother
Watch out, graduating students. Your faculty may give you some brief words of advice. “Brief words?” wondered my colleague P.…
Crossing the Interfaith River
Each wisdom tradition, says Hassidic teacher Reb Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), vibrates at a unique frequency. Each tradition is a…
Love, Sex, and Assault in Song of Songs
Two weeks ago, on the Rabbis Without Borders blog, my colleague Ruth Abusch-Magder said, “Let’s talk about sex!” And now,…