Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Yom Hazikaron: We Remember

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The manual for G-d’s creation is the Torah. Just like a manual outlines all the safe and unsafe practices for

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar year. It is unusual to discuss Yom Kippur shortly after

Have you ever noticed that we eat bland Matzah at the Seder table? There are no spices in Matzah; we

Twitter nowadays has little to do with birds and everything to do with people, but the underlying idea is the

Tazria: Holier Than Thou Holier than thou is an expression that connotes false piety. It describes those who pass themselves

Examine again, is a central feature of Torah study. We derive this from the words “examine, he examined”[1] a description

Can we deny our Jewish identity? This question was a subject of debate among Jews since the advent of the