Magic. Sometimes the Torah condemns it. But sometimes the Torah condones it. Like in Parshat Chukat, for example. Magic in…
Category: Animals
Global Read: Animals, Compassion, Spirituality
Watch a fantastic book discussion, sponsored by the Charter for Compassion. Thank you, everyone, for asking such thoughtful questions about…
Tachash: Protected Species
Tachash. The mystery animal in this week’s Torah reading. Could it be from an extinct species? Meet the Tachash Here’s…
Climate Crisis: Jewish Learning
Judaism Unbound Episode 417: Jewish Learning for Climate Crisis – Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Yosef Rosen Yosef Rosen is a historian of…
Help Your Enemy's Donkey
It’s a good time to talk about donkeys. By the rhythm of the Jewish calendar. And also by the discordance…
Hanukah Highlights
Happy Hanukah! Chanukah! Hanukkah! What would you like to reflect on this Hanukah? Kabbalah? Menorah? Antisemitism? Violence? Feminism? Sustainability? Elephants?…
Cosmic Eco Consciousness
Consciousness, the cosmic kind. A vision of the unity of all creation. That might be one spark of spiritual ecology.…
Omer 32: Breath of all Life
Day 32: Netzach she’b’Hod, Lasting Splendor TEXT: NISHMAT KOL CHAI, BREATH OF ALL LIFE The breath of every living thing…
Omer 16, Beautiful Justice
Day 16: Gevurah she’b’Tiferet, Justice within Beauty TEXT STUDY A wolf shall visit with a lamb, a leopard lie down…