Category: Torah Portions
JACOB & THE END OF DAYS
Parshat Vayechi is all about Jacob’s passing, and what transpired in the period leading up... Read More
IS MY FATHER STILL ALIVE?
Immediately after revealing his true identity to his brothers, Joseph asks “Is my father still... Read More
TRUE FORGIVENESS NEEDS CLOSURE
In 1976, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal published a small book called... Read More
BEING A PRACTICAL DREAMER
This week I attended the benefactor screening of Never Stop Dreaming, a new movie about... Read More
WE HAVE A DREAM
After being falsely accused of assaulting his master’s wife, Joseph is thrown into jail, where... Read More
THE POWER OF A NAME
Last Wednesday I crept quietly into a room at my daughter’s apartment in New York,... Read More
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE LEADING ORDINARY LIVES
One of the most perplexing aspects of the lives of the patriarchs and matriarchs is... Read More
MAKERS OF HISTORY WHO ARE MADE BY HISTORY
This week saw the launch of my debut book, “Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs”, marking... Read More