Nathan lopes cardozo

Why Tisha Be’av is more relevant than ever

Modern Jews sitting in the stunning city of Jerusalem sometimes struggle to mourn the destruction of the city and its Temple.

|ByGIDEON D. SYLVESTER
‘AUTO-DA-FE ON Plaza Mayor, Madrid,’ by Francisco Rizi, 1680, illustrates the Spanish Inquisition-era ritual of public penance of condemned heretics.
‘[GOD] HAS been thinking for a long time about moving. but has not yet done so – because we, in our ignorance, are still busy visiting His old home.’

Thoughts to Ponder: God is relocating

He has hired a moving company, and the movers are at this time loading all His furniture and possessions into a van and awaiting His instructions as to the destination.

|ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

'Jewish tradition and Halacha have become stagnant'

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo pulls no punches in telling the 'Post' how Judaism and the rabbinic establishment can begin to respond to the current reality.

|BySHOSHANNA KEATS-JASKOLL