Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Pinchas: Between the Gates

As the Jacob and his family entered the gates of Egypt, Yocheved, the mother of Moses, was born between the […]

King Solomon famously wrote, “Stolen waters are sweeter.”[1] By this, he meant that the moment something is forbidden to us,

This week we read the Torah portion that delineates the laws of the Red Heifer. Jews who contacted a dead

Judaism has a message for every topic in life. Many are surprised by this. Religion is expected to have a

The mirror can be brutally honest. It reveals our beauty and our ugliness. It is not a good idea to

Israel seems to be a recurring problem for the Jewish people. Ever since Joshua conquered the land, nations have tried

Israel is on fire this week and we live in an age where this cannot be denied. Footage of skies

Implicit bias is the idea that we all harbor prejudices and stereotypes without our conscious knowledge. It rests on theory