Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Ki Tetze: A Winning Strategy

Lazer Gurkow / August 22, 2020

When you go to war, you need a winning strategy. It doesn’t matter how strong or weak your army is, […]

Lazer Gurkow / August 15, 2020

Racism is a social scourge that has taken many forms of expression throughout the ages. At its heart racism is

It is hard to believe something that can’t be proved. It is even harder to believe in something you can’t

Ekev: Cancel Culture Cancel Culture is a phrase one hears a lot these days. Cancel culture is the idea that

Unwarranted love means to love someone that you have every right to hate. Jewish law has an extensive code around

The Torah is divided into two parts—the first four books and the last book. The last book is in a

People often ask about the Torah’s view of women. A discussion about vows in this week’s Torah portion offers a

The Torah’s laws about how to purify oneself from ritual contamination can only be prevalent at a time when