The Omer and The Modern Days of Awe
The Omer period not by chance to my mind, annually coincides with what I term the modern days of awe here in Israel – Yom Hashoa, Yom...
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- Mar 30
- 4 min
Sefer Vayikra: Between the Real and the Ideal: Reflecting on the last few weeks
Ramban and Rashi disagree on the chronological placement of the Mishkan (tabernacle) narratives in the Torah. At the heart of their...
- Feb 14
- 5 min
The Miracles Within: Parshat Beshalach
Dependence to Independence: Donald Winnicott, the renowned British paediatrician and psychoanalyst, presents an important theory of child...
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Parashat Bo: Memory- Bound
" וְהִ גַּדְ תָּ לְ בִ נְָך, בַּ ּיֹום הַּ הּוא לֵאמ ר: בַּ עֲבּור זֶה, עָּ שָּ ה ה" לִ י, בְ צֵאתִ י, מִ מִ צְ רָּ יִם. ט וְהָּ יָּה לְ...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 1 min
Is it time to rethink our theological approach to the Holocaust?
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/is-it-time-to-rethink-our-theological-approach-to-the-holocaust/
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Turning and Returning
I don’t think I thought about God Or self-transformation Or return Or love Instead there was guilt and shame Appraisals Scales and...
- May 4, 2021
- 6 min
Being with the Other in their Grief: Reflections on the Tragedy in Meron
This year I’ve been teaching a course at Matan on the problem of evil – On the heels of Covid I thought it may speak to people, it may...
- Mar 16, 2021
- 6 min
When ‘Heroes’ Fall
(Preamble: This post was initially written for the participants of a class I teach at Matan on the problem of evil, following a class in...
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – In memoriam
For the articles I wrote upon the passing of my teacher Rabbi Sacks please see the links below: Only tears: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l |...
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
The possibilities at the edge of chaos: Purim and the present panic
For the link to the full article click here:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-possibilities-at-the-edge-of-chaos-purim-and-the-present-...
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
Hanukkah: The battle for our soul
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-the-battle-for-our-soul/
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Akedah: A sacrifice of conscience?
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-akedah-the-sacrifice-of-conscience/
- Dec 4, 2019
- 1 min
Fleeing or Going: Yaakov’s Journey and Corbyn
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fleeing-or-going-yaakovs-journey-and-corbyn/
- Nov 12, 2019
- 3 min
Reflections on the ‘Masav’ in light of Rivka Imeinu
There are days when you can’t help but see synchronicity. At Matan this morning we continued learning about the life of Yitzchak and...
- Apr 14, 2019
- 1 min
Pesach as an Antidote to the Decay of Liberal Society
pesach 5779 DM pesach as antitode to decay of liberal society Listen to the shiur here:
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
On the Shattering of the Tablets and the Rebuilding of Self
For a printable PDF please click here: parshat Ki Tissa broken tablets 5779 But the message of the Divine is other It’s liberating and...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 5 min
Parshat Beshalach, On Holistic Healing and Release from the Bondage of Dogmatic Religion
For a printable PDF please click here:parshat beshalach 5779 As humans we are inclined towards binary methods of seeing the world....
- Nov 22, 2018
- 4 min
The Last Kaddish
THE LAST KADDISH This shabbat I will say the last kaddish for my father ז”ל. I will stand as I have now hundreds of times and repeat the...
- Nov 8, 2018
- 3 min
Parshat Toldot: ‘הנני Hinneni’ – On Identity Development in an Instant World
I share a short thought from a very long blog with slight reluctance. We live in a world where memes and twitters are about the length...
- Oct 18, 2018
- 2 min
Lecha Lecha – Altneuland (Herzl’s ‘Old New land’) – A musing on Avraham’s journey
Lecha Lecha – Altneuland (Herzl’s ‘Old New land’) – A musing on Avraham’s journey These words by T.S .Elliot in Little Gidding echo the...
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