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Jul 4, 2018, 7:28 AM

Walking through the valley of the shadow of death

Illustrative. Flowers. (iStock)

My health crisis is not over, but I am living it with joy, intentionality, and an eagerness for more

Jun 29, 2018, 5:54 PM

Parashat Pinhas: be prepared…even with regret

“Assail the Midianites and defeat them for they assailed you by the trickery they practiced against you” (Numbers 25:16-18). This is G-d’s command to Moses, after rewarding Aaron’s grandson Pinchas for his response to a public and wanton act of...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Jun 27, 2018, 3:43 PM

The scandal of the Ethiopians and the wine

Employees of the Barkan Winery who were transferred from their jobs over questions of their Jewishness. (screen capture: Kan)

The Orthodox Judaism I fell in love with at the age of 16 has become distorted beyond recognition

Jun 24, 2018, 2:46 PM

The Book of Job — a widely misunderstood book

The Book of Job, in my view, is widely misunderstood - it is the classic book of the Hebrew Bible that seemingly is orthodox (correct belief) and theological in nature in dealing with the philosophic question of evil in...

Jun 22, 2018, 2:43 PM

The desecration at the US border

Shoes and toys for immigrant children are left at the Tornillo Port of Entry near El Paso, Texas, June 21, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Separating parents and children severs the cord tethering people to their own humanity and to God

Douglas M. Bloomfield

Jun 20, 2018, 10:18 PM

Are Nazi Comparisons Fair?

The Holocaust was so horrific and unique, that comparisons belittle the meaning of that period of world history. So it is with comparing Donald Trump's zero tolerance immigration policy of family separation. We're not talking about mass extermination and...

Leonard Grunstein

Jun 15, 2018, 8:35 AM

A Tale of Two Households

It was a time of wisdom; it was a time of folly. It was a study in contrasts, as two individuals emerged and had a profound influence, one positive and the other negative, on the fate of others. One awesome...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 15, 2018, 12:43 AM

What goes around comes around

The Haftara from Shmuel Alef, 11:14-12:22 is a good match for Parshat Korach for a few reasons. One reason is that both the Torah and Haftara readings deal with leaders who defend themselves using almost the same words. In Parsha Korach,...

Jun 13, 2018, 8:32 AM

As a rule, people work using their hands. Many also employ legs. Some find they need to put their bodies into it. All of the above is fine. Those who use their genitals to perform paid work are deemed...

Jun 10, 2018, 5:04 PM

Who is a good Jew?

Judaism is a religion in a very different sense than Christianity. Christianity is a religion in an orthodox (correct belief) sense of a faith commitment – faith in God and in Jesus as the messiah. There are in Christianity...

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