God is real. A great conversation starter, isn’t it? These days, in public debate, it seems to be a great…
Category: Jewish Renewal
God, Our Parent
When I was about twelve years old, I opened my younger brother’s textbook, just out of curiosity. This textbook from…
Teach, Don't Preach
Last week, in my role as a teacher of Judaism, I had four magnificent teaching experiences. The kind that leave…
Wicked Child
All the Seder-goers I know love reading about the “four children” in the Passover Haggadah. But they all dislike the…
Symbols, Sheep & Seder Plate
As a graduate student in philosophy, I read torturously turgid texts in the “structuralist” philosophical tradition about the difference between…
One Finger Pointing
On the delta at Boundary Bay on a successful quest to see snowy owls. The owls have flown south for…
Torah Theology
As good religious children, we may learn many Bible stories. God chats with people, visits their dreams, feeds them, promises…
Kallah
Kallah. A gathering. In English, it sounds like Kohelet, the one who assembles a kahal, a community. Kohelet is the author (or…
Meaningful Manual
In Parshat Terumah, God reveals to Moshe the instruction manual for building the Mishkan. The manual contains details…lots of them.…