Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Terumah: Shalom Aleichem

Lazer Gurkow / February 22, 2020

Terumah: Shalom Aleichem Shalom Aleichem; peace unto you, is the classic Jewish greeting. It is beautiful, meaningful, and succinct. The […]

Lazer Gurkow / February 20, 2020

When you read the Torah portion that we chant in the synagogue this week, you wonder why G-d even cares.

Lazer Gurkow / February 10, 2020

Thought Sins? Did you ever imagine that the Torah legislates our thoughts? A human police force would never get away

Lazer Gurkow / January 28, 2020

Your lane leads you from your current position to your chosen destination. If you stay in your lane, you streamline

Lazer Gurkow / January 25, 2020

We are so accustomed to hearing people condemn each other that we barely pay it any heed anymore. I don’t

Lazer Gurkow / January 11, 2020

They hate us. Not for anything we do or did. They just hate us. The past month saw a near-daily

Lazer Gurkow / January 4, 2020

Hope would have been the most important thing that Jews could have when they descended to Egypt, but hope seems

Lazer Gurkow / December 29, 2019

Kindness is something that is usually given out of generosity. We don’t usually think of kindness as a debt. Yet,