Category: Articles

THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ASPIRATION

Earlier this week, I read an op-ed written by a former UK prison warden, who gave his thoughts on... Read More

GETTING TOGETHER EVERY SEVEN YEARS

Rabbi Dunner focuses on the mitzva of Hakhel. Every seven years, after the Shemitta (Sabbatical... Read More

IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED

We all like to feel that we live very sophisticated lives in an increasingly sophisticated... Read More

THOUGHTS FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS

Why do we need to have both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur? Surely one of them... Read More

THE VEXED ISSUE OF WHO IS A JEW

Since its founding in 1948, one of Israel’s most contentious problems has been trying to... Read More

A LOADED INTRODUCTION

Parshat Nitzavim begins with Moses introducing a speech: “Atem Nitzavim Hayom Kulchem Lifnei Hashem” --... Read More

NEVER WASTE AN ENTHUSIASTIC MOMENT

Rabbi Dunner's address to the Beverly Hills Synagogue community on the first night of Selichot,... Read More

BIKKURIM & THE DUTY TO BE JOYFUL

Parshat Ki Tavo begins with the instruction to bring first fruits to Jerusalem, a mitzva... Read More