Category: Torah Portions

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CURSING

This is the Barmitzva Drasha of Rabbi Pini and Sabine Dunner's son Meir, delivered at... Read More

THE PASSING OF A VERY GREAT AND RIGHTEOUS MAN

This week saw the passing of Sir Nicholas Winton, at the ripe old age of... Read More

LESSONS IN DIPLOMACY AND MILITARY STRATEGY

Once again I feel compelled to return to the issue of the Iran nuclear deal,... Read More

THE STRANGE STORY OF A BLACK IMPERSONATOR

In what must be one of the most bizarre news stories of the year, it... Read More

WHO WAS KORACH & WHY WAS HE SO ENRAGED?

Rabbi Dunner looks at the disturbing story of the Korach rebellion - an insurrection initiated... Read More

MOSES & THE ESSENCE OF LEADERSHIP

Towards the end of Pinchas, Moses asks God to appoint a new leader while he... Read More

ATHEISM IS A TALE AS OLD AS TIME

You have probably never heard of Paul Vitz, a retired professor of psychology who taught... Read More

IS THE ABSTINENCE OF A NAZIR GOOD OR BAD?

What are we to make of the strange mitzvah of Nazir? A Nazir (aka: Nazirite)... Read More