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Yoel Ben-Avraham

Nov 5, 2017, 3:11 AM

How to get Abraham to “think outside the box?”

In the 1970s we discovered Edward de Bono and his concept of lateral thinking. We've all heard the expression "to think outside the box", to get outside of our current frame of reference and try to see things in...

Oct 29, 2017, 9:07 PM

The Flight of Abraham

The parsha in Genesis, Lech L’cha, has great historical meaning for the birth of the Hebrew people. In Hebrew, the words mean “you must go” and according to the Hebrew Bible, God so spoke to Abraham and commanded him...

Oct 29, 2017, 1:31 PM

Circumcision – Rising above nature

In Parashat Lekh Lekha, Avraham is commanded to circumcise himself. What is the significance of the act of circumcision? In order to understand the conceptual significance of circumcision, let us examine a famous midrash that we have already considered in...

William Hamilton

Oct 27, 2017, 6:42 PM

Meet mystery with goodness

Three of four Americans hold some sort of paranormal belief. A recent study reveals how prevalent beliefs beyond the realm of scientific understanding are in in the United States - from the notion that places are haunted by spirits...

Leonard Grunstein

Oct 27, 2017, 7:44 AM

The Perils of Ambivalence

Approximately 4,000 years ago, our Patriarch, Abraham and his brother, Haran, faced a politically charged environment. If it is somewhat comparable to our contemporary political scene and atmosphere on the college campus, then it is another example of the...

Oct 27, 2017, 7:42 AM

When Pharaoh took Sarah, she was silent

Did she consent, or should we interpret discomfort and fear that worse could happen if she didn't comply?

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Oct 27, 2017, 7:13 AM

Where did all the women go?

Publishing images of women in a brochure on the importance of Rachel's Tomb should be a no-brainer

Oct 26, 2017, 2:22 PM

My wife started a new job recently, which is great. That also means commuting, which is less great. It's much less great (that can't be right!) when it's a demo day. What's a demo day? If you grew up in...

Oct 26, 2017, 1:05 PM

Seeing the humanity of each other: Abram and the omen of Egyptian slavery [Parshat Lech Lecha]

The concept of “ma’asei avot, siman la’banim” (the experiences of the parents are an omen for the children), which runs throughout the Book of Genesis, is not limited to one or two generations; the great commentator Nahmanides notes continuous...

Oct 25, 2017, 8:57 PM

Inner-directedness

Courage to be different is a biblical legacy that grants the resilience to manage calamity (Lech Lecha)

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