Nathan Lopes Cardozo
ARTICLES BY: Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Judaism Needs Big Ideas and to Challenge the Orthodoxy
It is time to start thinking big about Judaism. Great opportunities are awaiting us, and too much is at stake to let them pass by....
Parashat Mikketz: The Pain of Being a Tzaddik
When looking at the lives of the Avot, the three forefathers of the people of Israel, it is remarkable to note that not one of...
Parashat Vayeshev: Hanukkah and the Future of Israel
History -- the study of cause and effect in our world -- has been a serious challenge for honest historians. In many ways, interpreting history...
Parashat Vayishlach: A Warning to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
The Jews’ most formidable enemy in Biblical times was the nation of Amalek. This nation was, and symbolically still is, the personification of evil, brutality,...
Should We Be Fearful of Religion?
Being religious is fraught with danger. People are often pulled in directions where they can easily break their necks. To be religious is to allow...
Parashat Toldot: Admitting a Mistake (Even God Does)
Nothing is more difficult than admitting a mistake, yet nothing is more human than making one. In several places, the Torah deals with the need for...
The Curse of Religious Boredom
"Man is the only animal that can be bored." -- Erich Fromm Psychologists tell us that one of man's greatest enemies today is boredom. Sometimes, when...
We Will Never Understand God’s Motives and Must Learn to Accept It
And God said to Noah: "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has become full of robbery because of them,...
Parshat Noach: ‘Because of Our Sins, This Has Befallen Us?’
And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has become full of robbery because of them,...
Conversion Is Not About Halachah
Is conversion at all possible? This may sound like a rhetorical question, since the answer is in the affirmative. Yet, this question goes to the...
Simchat Torah: Technology and the Outdated Torah Scroll
We will soon be celebrating Simchat Torah, and Jews throughout the world will dance with Sifrei Torah in their synagogues, community centers, university campuses, and...
Yom Kippur: Do We Deserve Life?
Few matters are more difficult to understand than the nature and purpose of Yom Kippur. What is it that this awesome day wants to tell...
Rosh Hashanah: Fairy Tales and Humor
Yes, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are serious days. They require us to place God at the center of our lives and then to repent...
Rosh Hashanah 5779: What Really Counts
“On Rosh Hashanah, all the inhabitants of the world pass before Him like a flock of sheep.” (Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:2) In this mishnah, the Sages highlighted...
