Category: Torah Portions
THE ‘ROSWELL INCIDENT’ CONSPIRACY IS NONSENSE
Next month will mark the 70th anniversary of a notorious episode known as the "Roswell incident." In... Read More
HOW THE SPIES GOT IT WRONG
The most tragic episode of all for the Exodus generation was the story of the... Read More
THE DANGERS OF GROUP DYNAMICS
A couple of months ago I wrote a piece about the German-born social psychologist, Kurt... Read More
A CONVERSATION ABOUT MOSES
There is a puzzling narrative that dominates Chapter 12 of Bamidbar (Numbers). Miriam and Aaron... Read More
SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS A FOUNDATION
A couple of weeks ago marked the second anniversary of the passing of a colorful... Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF SHEMITTA
Parshat Behar begins with the mitzvah of Shemitta — the Jewish nation is instructed that... Read More
A DORMANT MITZVA COMES BACK TO LIFE
Jews have lived in the biblical Land of Israel uninterrupted for thousands of years. For... Read More