Embracing Paradox

October 17, 2019

One of the fascinating things about Judaism is the religion’s acceptance of contradictions, its willingness to embrace paradoxes and ambiguities. …

“Democracy Dies in Darkness”

August 17, 2018

I usually don’t give sermons about politics. I have been known to call out behaviors that I find objectionable, but …

February 2, 2018

A young friend told me the other day that he is confused, because someone told him the word Torah means …

January 20, 2011

“Well behaved women seldom make history”… this was a bumper stick I saw tonight — very appropriate, since the car …

December 27, 2010

“Judaism is a theology of the common deed, of the trivialities of life,” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, “dealing not …

July 12, 2010

What a crazy world we live in. This morning, while trying to pray, a woman was arrested in Jerusalem for …