UNDERSTANDING JEWISH HISTORY (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner reflects on the passing of the prolific journalist and author, Paul Johnson, whose seminal book “A History of the Jews” is one of the best comprehensive studies of Jewish history ever published. Johnson was very taken by the centrality of history to Jewish identity and to Judaism, and Rabbi Dunner takes up this theme and connects it to the final episode in Parshat Shemot.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Aristotle noted that “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” But who nowadays has the time for that? Introspection is so sedentary –... Read More