I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return
The most famous verse in Leviticus may be the command, “Ve-ahavta le-re’acha ka-mocha” (Lev. 19:18). But what exactly does it mean? For example, what is
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The word mabul is typically translated as “flood.” But in order to truly understand the meaning of a word, we must determine its three-letter root.
It was advertised as one symposium at a major psychology conference. It was to be a discussion about memory and forgetfulness. But it turned out
We met in a Jerusalem café, and I must admit that, although they recognized me, I neither recognized nor even recalled any of them. That
We have lately become accustomed to reading accounts of clergymen, teachers, and rabbis who take advantage, in very ugly ways, of the young people who
We all have our secret lives. I don’t mean to say that each of us has a sinister side, which we wickedly act out in
It is a story that deserves to be told. In order to fully appreciate it, some background is necessary, especially for those unfamiliar with the
In his spiritual memoir, Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis describes his first trip to Oxford University as a young man in 1916. A scholarly boy,
Recent news in Israel fails to shock Americans, even though it is rocking Israeli Religious Zionism to its core. A number of leading rabbis announced
Did you ever argue politics with an anarchist? How about theology with an atheistic communist? Well, I’ve done both and have learned a lot in
