Imagine a conference room filled with twenty-three adult students learning together. Imagine those students listening carefully, asking thoughtful questions, and…
Year: 2011
Occupy Shabbat
“Occupy Shabbat” is an activity organized by Noam Dolgin. The activity itself is very simple. A group meets in the…
Inner Time
Dvar Torah for Parshat Lech-Lecha Link to it here.
Dreams of the Future
Last week I dreamed that a group of people entered my home on Sophia Street. They filed in, one by…
Halloween Light
I am sitting at the dining room table writing about Midrash Eleh Ezkerah*, a grotesque fable asking painful questions about suffering…
Spiritual Seeking Within Judaism
Hillary requested a blog entry about my Jewish identity. Perhaps it will help her find words to articulate her ideas…
Rabbinic Counseling
Rabbi Elazar has fallen ill, and he is lying on his bed in physical and emotional pain. Rabbi Yochanan comes…
What is money for?
Once upon a time, two brothers lived in the same kingdom. One was a successful merchant; the other a successful…
Bees: Torah's Warrior-Farmers
Animal Dvar Torah for Shabbat Bereisheet. Link to it here.