Category: Torah Portions
A TALE OF TWO COATS
We live in a world obsessed with identity – but not the real kind of... Read More
THE DREAMERS WE DISMISS
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In a letter dated November 1861, General George B.... Read More
FIGHTING YESTERDAY’S BATTLES
There are moments when something happens and it sends a jolt through the entire Jewish... Read More
MAKING PEACE VS. WAGING WAR
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov embraces diplomacy eith Esav while... Read More
WRESTLING WITH THE FUTURE
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) This week, Senator Bernie Sanders, in typical overblown form,... Read More
DON’T FALL FOR CONFIRMATION BIAS
There’s an old saying that should make us all stop and think: “We don’t see... Read More
THE MOST IMPORTANT PARSHA IN THE TORAH (MY FATHER WAS RIGHT)
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) They say that “the devil is in the details,”... Read More
BEFORE THEY WERE BORN
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) A mysterious prophecy, a violent struggle in the womb,... Read More