Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Devarim: Too Clever

Sometimes we are too clever for our own good. One such time occurred in the second century when Rome decreed […]

Marijuana and knives, what’s the connection? Knives In his book, The Better Angels of Our Nature,[1] Steven Pinker writes that

What can possibly be the connection between Passover and marijuana? Well on Passover we ask questions, and when you are

Canada has recently legalised weed, so we must ask, what is the Jewish perspective on weed? Marijuana, or weed as

What do you think Judaism advocates, that we live for G-d or that we die for G-d? Throughout history there

Korach, who resented direction, led a popular rebellion. Like all rebels he purported to take up the cause of the

Why is bad news so ubiquitous? Wherever we turn we seem to hear another piece of bad news. This one

To celebrate the inauguration of the tabernacle, the Jewish tribal princes made several key contributions. Among them were four wagons