Moses
Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again
'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' was a crude forgery that peddled the myth of a clandestine Jewish cabal manipulating institutions under the guise of doing good.
Parashat Bo: Promises must be kept
Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget
Parashat Shemot: Learning God
Parashat Vayikra: Every person has a name
The way that God turns to Moses teaches us how to behave in our own relationships.
Jews of Egypt, Europe were bound by mental enslavement - opinion
The Hebrews in Egypt during Moses’s time, and the Jews in Europe during Herzl’s time, failed to envision the path to freedom.
From Moses to Herzl: Acquiring the knowledge in front of your eyes
Internalizing the lessons from Moses’s exodus, Herzl understood that transformations need to happen gradually – he referred to those 40 years in the desert as “education through migration.”
Lifting the veil: Meet Dorothy Tiano Melvin
“I felt in bondage to depression over my mother’s death, and I felt I needed to break those bonds.”
Parashat Ki Tavo: Joy – the key to victory
The fact that bad things can come from God and affect His nation when it does not follow His path presents a difficult theological problem for people who believe in a benevolent and righteous God.
What do the American Revolution, Moses and Herzl have in common?
Unlike in Herzl’s France, Israel’s stability is provided by that secret formula planted in Deuteronomy by Moses: Political delegation.
Parashat Ekev: Your gift or God’s?
The Land of Israel, like all the goods of this world, is God’s gift, but the people must still fight to deserve it.
Parashat Ekev: Gratitude and showing favor
In this week’s Torah portion, we continue reading Moses’s final speeches, addresses meant to prepare the Jewish nation for entering, conquering and living in Israel.
Parashat Devarim: The beginning of history
The Torah is insistent that no human is perfect, and it is in the rough and tumble of daily life that we show our spiritual striving.
Parashat Devarim: God as Moses’s temporary student
In this week’s parasha, Devarim, Moses focused on the years when the Jewish nation wandered in the desert and on the trials and tribulations they experienced there.
