Category: Torah Portions
ANCIENT EGYPT AND ANCIENT GREECE
Although ancient Egypt and ancient Greece coexisted for over a millennium, they were different in... Read More
MOURNING JOSEPH WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE
After Joseph’s sale into slavery, his brothers returned to Jacob with manufactured evidence of his... Read More
FINDING GOD IN THE DARKEST HOUR
My late grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dunner (1913-2007), was a remarkable man. Born in Cologne,... Read More
LESSONS FROM A BIBLICAL SHOWDOWN (2)
In Parshat Vayishlach (Gen. 32), Jacob confronts his brother Esau for the first time in... Read More
BEING CERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE
In his memoirs, the controversial Danish politician Karl Kristian Steincke (1880-1963) presented a collection of... Read More
LESSONS FROM A BIBLICAL SHOWDOWN (1)
In Parshat Vayishlach (Gen. 32), Jacob confronts his brother Esau for the first time in... Read More
ASSESSING SOMEONE’S IMPACT
Last Sunday evening I received a phone call from a friend to ask whether I... Read More
FUSION OF THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MATERIAL
Photo: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), rabbi of the strictly orthodox community in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany... Read More