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: Diverse Views on Israel
Canada’s Jews: what are our attitudes towards Israel? A new study was released in December 2024. A new study of…
Ishmael and Isaac: Brothers and Friends
Be’er Lahai Ro’i (custom AI image) Ishmael and Isaac. One verse captures their relationship. It’s the last verse in Parshat…
Christian Nationalist on the Prowl
Christian nationalism is on the move—even here in British Columbia, Canada. It’s Rosh Hashanah afternoon. Tashlich time. I’m in a…
Economics of Creation: Torah's First Vision
Economics in Genesis / Bereisheet. You may know that Genesis tells two distinct creation stories. But did you know that…
Jewish Future in BC: Blessing or Curse?
Jewish in British Columbia. Stats paint a picture of the present. Maybe they help us imagine the future. At least,…
Monstrous Other: A Case Study
Animals in Deuteronomy. How does Moses, the narrator, see them? As Other than human, mostly. And mostly not in a…
Magic Snakes (Chukat)
Magic. Sometimes the Torah condemns it. But sometimes the Torah condones it. Like in Parshat Chukat, for example. Magic in…
King: You Don't Want One
YOU DON’T WANT A KING At least, the Hebrew Bible doesn’t want you to want a king. Not a human…