Posts Tagged: Balak sermon
Shabbat Balak: What the Torah Teaches Us About Waging a Moral War
In our current section of the Torah, as the tribe of Israel makes its way towards the Promised Land, they encounter three very different situations...
In Judaism, Religion and Nationhood Coincide
The year is 1933. Two Jews are sitting in a Viennese coffee house, reading the news. One is reading the local Jewish paper, the other...
Parsha Balak: Assimilation Won’t Solve Antisemitism
This is an extraordinary moment in Jewish history for good and not-so-good reasons. For the first time in almost 4,000 years, we have simultaneously sovereignty and...
A People That Dwells Alone
One of the most profound and influential comments ever made about Jewish destiny was made by the pagan prophet Bilaam in this week’s parsha: As I...
What Makes God Laugh
There is an old saying that what makes God laugh is hearing our plans for the future. However, if Tanakh is our guide, what makes God...
