Category: Torah Portions
LIKE WOLVES ON THE FOLD
Just over twenty-five years ago, on January 12, 1995, an extremely controversial wildlife experiment was... Read More
WARTS-AND-ALL IS TRUE PERFECTION (PODCAST)
The constant obsession with perfection that motivates modern culture to airbrush out any imperfections from... Read More
WARTS-AND-ALL IS TRUE PERFECTION
In his quirky book series Anecdotes of Painting in England, the flamboyant eighteenth-century art historian... Read More
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
Parshat Yitro records the remarkable moment in Jewish History known as “Ma’amad Har Sinai” —... Read More
IT’S O.K. TO CRY (PODCAST)
Recently, a mourner at Rabbi Dunner's synagogue told him that she had found herself weeping... Read More
IT’S O.K. TO CRY
One of the hardest aspects of being a pulpit rabbi is bereavement. As a rabbi,... Read More
WHO SANG THE SONG?
The medieval commentator, Rashi, explains that when Moses saw the Red Sea split, and the... Read More
TAKING YOUR OWN SIDE (PODCAST)
Even before the ink has dried, Jewish critics of President Trump's peace proposal for Israel... Read More