https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/is-it-time-to-rethink-our-theological-approach-to-the-holocaust/

I don’t think I thought about God Or self-transformation Or return Or love Instead there was guilt and shame Appraisals Scales and...

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...

(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...

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 |...

For the link to the full article click here:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-possibilities-at-the-edge-of-chaos-purim-and-the-present-...

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-the-battle-for-our-soul/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-akedah-the-sacrifice-of-conscience/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fleeing-or-going-yaakovs-journey-and-corbyn/

There are days when you can’t help but see synchronicity. At Matan this morning we continued learning about the life of Yitzchak and...

pesach 5779 DM pesach as antitode to decay of liberal society Listen to the shiur here:

For a printable PDF please click here: parshat Ki Tissa broken tablets 5779 We all live between the first and the second tablets We all...

For a printable PDF please click here:parshat beshalach 5779 As humans we are inclined towards binary methods of seeing the world....

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...

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...

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...

For a printable PDF click here:Purim – on Hearing God in a Postmodern world ליעילוי נשמת אלכסנדר בן אלעזר – In loving memory of אבי מורי...

For a printable PDF version please click here: Response to R. Cardozo II website For the original article by Rabbi Cardozo please click...

For a printable PDF version click here:Letter to Rabbi Cardozo website For Rabbi Cardozo’s full response please see:...