Jewish Literature
Vayeitzei: The Battle of the Stones
The Shouters The Yeshiva decided to field a rowing team. Unfortunately, they lost race after race. They practiced for hours every day but never...
Toldot: The Sandy Path to Inspiration
Free Plowing Back in the '40s, a Jewish guy was arrested for smuggling guns into Israel, then known as Palestine. He was taken into one of the British prisons. While there, his wife writes...
Chayei Sarah: The First 12-Step Program in History – And Why It Didn’t Work
Israeli "Serenity" An American tourist was riding in a taxi in Israel. As the taxi approached a red light, the tourist was shocked to see the driver drive straight through without even slowing down. Surprised as...
Vayeira: Angels and Mustard
Out of this world? A man returning from the world's first wedding on Pluto seemed disappointed. "What's wrong?" asked his friend. "The band was no good?" "The band was great," he answered. "The food was tasteless?" asked his friend. "Out...
Lech Lecha: Spiritual Farming – Soul Pruning and Plowing
The Pretzels An old Jewish lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each....
Noach: PR Addicts
Let us closely examine which story the Bible chooses to record following the devastating...
Bereishit: Aesthetics Vs. Ethics Was eating from the Tree of Knowledge a blessing or a curse?
A Poisonous Wife A man goes to see his Rabbi. "Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I...
Matot – Massei: Two Roads Diverged In the Wood of Jewish History – Two errors we have made in trying to bridge the old and the new
"Moses wrote their departures according to their journeys ... and these were their journeys...
Matos: Soldier My Soldier
When I was a teenager, I spent my summers as a counselor at a...
Vayeitzei: The Battle of the Stones
The Shouters The Yeshiva decided to field a rowing team. Unfortunately, they lost race after race. They practiced for hours every day but never managed...
Toldot: The Sandy Path to Inspiration
Free Plowing Back in the '40s, a Jewish guy was arrested for smuggling guns into Israel, then known as Palestine. He was taken into one...
Chayei Sarah: The First 12-Step Program in History – And Why It Didn’t Work
Israeli "Serenity" An American tourist was riding in a taxi in Israel. As the taxi approached a red light, the tourist was shocked to see the ...
Vayeira: Angels and Mustard
Out of this world? A man returning from the world's first wedding on Pluto seemed disappointed. "What's wrong?" asked his friend. "The band was no good?" "The band...
Lech Lecha: Spiritual Farming – Soul Pruning and Plowing
The Pretzels An old Jewish lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each. Every day a young well-dressed man would leave his...
Noach: PR Addicts
Let us closely examine which story the Bible chooses to record following the devastating flood, the greatest natural disaster of all times, which...
Bereishit: Aesthetics Vs. Ethics Was eating from the Tree of Knowledge a blessing or a curse?
A Poisonous Wife A man goes to see his Rabbi. "Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it." The Rabbi asks, "What's...
Matot – Massei: Two Roads Diverged In the Wood of Jewish History – Two errors we have made in trying to bridge the old and the new
"Moses wrote their departures according to their journeys ... and these were their journeys according to their departures." -- Numbers 33:2, this week's...
Matos: Soldier My Soldier
When I was a teenager, I spent my summers as a counselor at a camp in the Catskill Mountains, encouraging my campers to...
Pinchas: How To Become a True Leader
Finally, some individuality A reporter was interviewing a 104-year-old woman. "What is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She replied, simply, "No peer pressure." In Search...
Balak: Camping With G-d
Izzy is sitting in synagogue one Sabbath morning when he falls asleep and starts to snore. The synagogue care taker quickly comes over...
Chukas: The Mystery of Death
Till my father died five weeks ago, on May 29, 2005, I never understood the real meaning of loss. Sure, I wrote about it,...
Korach: A Powerful Love Story
The mutiny The narrative is dramatic, tragic and unmistakably Jewish. Four individuals -- Korach, Dathan, Abiram and On -- lead a mass mutiny against...
Shelach: Revisiting Zionism
Defiance The spies Moses sent to survey the land had done their job well. They convincedthe entire nation that the advance to the Land of Israel was doomed and thatMoses has misled them by taking them...
