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Category: Political
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Dvar Torah for Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Sukkot 5772. The philosophical thoughts I brought with me to Occupy Vancouver. Link to…
Occupy Vancouver
You could not have asked for a more beautiful morning for an outdoor gathering – whether it was a protest…
Harvest of Symbols
Early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Here it’s a basic physical fact of life that weather turns cold. Sensitive plants…
Loss of Youth
Is Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 80 teens at a Labour Party summer camp on an island, insane? My answer…
Beyond CNN, Thought Lives
5:00 am, Chicago O’Hare Airport, en route to LaGuardia CNN Headline News blares from the corner of every waiting area.…
Beaver Bog
Our Sophia Street neighborhood includes a one-kilometer square area we call “the bog.” If you come looking for it by…
Philos-Sophia
Why worry about consciousness when the political world is falling apart around us? Isn’t it like “fiddling while Rome burns”?…
Self-Correcting Cities
What makes Sodom such a sinful city? Torah tells us that the people would gather into a mob to abuse…