What is the single greatest impediment to the universal quest for success?   more »

Is it the destination that makes the journey worthwhile or the other way around?   more »

Seven Thoughts for Seven Days   more »

The Baal Shem Tov taught that every one of the forty-two journeys our ancestors' made through the desert represents a stage in our individual journey through life and our quest for spiritual fulfillment. What are we to make of those segments where our ancestors sinned? How are we to incorporate episodes such as the golden calf, the false report of the ten spies and the burial of the tempted?   more »

The debate on same sex marriage has focused in part on the distinction between same sex marriage and same sex unions. This distinction is dismissed by some as mere semantics but I believe it is a question of definition. Does the concept of marriage apply to members of the same gender? This is not a question of rights and freedoms but one of concept.   more »