Free on-line course: Perek Shira, Song of the Land

Please join me—and my co-teachers—for a free on-line course this June. We’ll explore ecological wisdom from three perspectives: ancient Jewish,…

Family, Love, Torah

Grief Redeemed: Jacob and Joseph and Me

My brother Freddy holding infant me. He died 7 weeks later. There are two verses in Torah, in Parshat Vayigash…

Maoz Tzur. Your favourite Hanukah song—or not. But likely the one you know best. But do you know the full…

This Hanukah, I’ll be sharing one favourite teaching per day. Here’s Day 1: Hanukkiah. The eight-branched menorah we light at…

Canada’s Jews: what are our attitudes towards Israel? A new study was released in December 2024. A new study of…

Economics in Genesis / Bereisheet. You may know that Genesis tells two distinct creation stories. But did you know that…

Animals in Deuteronomy. How does Moses, the narrator, see them? As Other than human, mostly. And mostly not in a…

Magic. Sometimes the Torah condemns it. But sometimes the Torah condones it. Like in Parshat Chukat, for example. Magic in…

YOU DON’T WANT A KING At least, the Hebrew Bible doesn’t want you to want a king. Not a human…