Category: Vayeshev

FROM THE DEPTHS, SALVATION

Parshat Vayeishev contains one of the most tragic storylines of the entire Torah -- the... Read More

PUTTING IMPEACHMENT ON TRIAL (PODCAST)

Rabbi Dunner reluctantly addresses the impeachment process, which he sees as deeply flawed, a view... Read More

PUTTING IMPEACHMENT ON TRIAL

I had not planned to write about the impeachment. Frankly, along with millions of other... Read More

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

The portion of Vayeishev begins by informing us that Jacob now resided in the same... 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

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