Noach: Public Policy
Public policy must be established on principle, not empathy, says Paul Bloom, a psychology professor at Yale and author of […]
Bereshit: Human Centric
For millennia it was believed that the world is human centric, but science has slowly chipped away at this assumption.
Simchat Torah: No Break
On Simchat Torah we read the last passage of the Torah, but we don’t stop for even a moment when
Sukkot: From the Fast to the Party
The party begins on Sukkot. The first ten days of the year are somber. Rosh Hashanah is the day of
Shabbat Shuvah: The Uplifting Return
The uplifting return that marks the first ten days of the Hebrew calendar year is expressed in the name that
Rosh Hashanah: Without A Crutch
A crutch can help you get past a difficult hump, but a crutch can also be a trap. When the
Ki Tavo: The Enduring Soul
The enduring soul is our secret weapon. If you were Abraham, a lonely man of faith, surrounded by powerful pagan
Ki Teze: The Size of a Mitzvah
G-d did not disclose the nature of the reward that we receive for performing a Mitzvah so that we would