Posts Tagged: Lech Lecha
The ‘Higher Plan’ at Work
JNS.org - Tell me the truth. Two days ago, would you have predicted a victory by former President Donald Trump in the race for the...
Parshat Lech-Lecha: We Must Make the Best of a Sometimes Dark World
After the Torah chapters that describe stages of early humanity, we come to Abraham (Avram) and the beginning of the monotheism we recognize. God tells...
Doublespeak at Its Worst
The end of this month will mark 75 years since the passage of UN Resolution 181 on November 29, 1947. This paved the way for...
The Torah and Moral Ambiguity
Women play an important part in the narrative of Genesis. And I have always been struck by the ambiguous way that the Torah deals with...
We Can Learn Most From Those Who Are Different From Us
Devaki Raj is the CEO and co-founder of CrowdAI, an artificial-intelligence startup that “enables anyone to create high quality solutions to analyze imagery and video.”...
Parshat Lech Lecha: No One Is Perfect
Abraham is the first, full character study in the Torah. The “ten generations” between Adam and Noah, and then again between Noah and Abraham, are...
Parshat Lech Lecha: The Torah and Conformity
Leaders lead. That does not mean to say that they do not follow. But what they follow is different from what most people follow. They...
The Bible and the Demonization of Social Media
In his seminal 1869 essay "The Subjection of Women," the celebrated 19th-century British social philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, “So long as an opinion is...
Parshat Lech Lecha: Fight the Flames of Evil
Why Abraham? That is the question that haunts us when we read the opening of this week’s parsha. Here is the key figure in the...
Parshat Lech Lecha: Having the Strength to Move Forward Alone
Within the first words that God addresses to the bearer of a new covenant, there are already hints as to the nature of the heroism...
How to Be a Jewish Parent
The most influential man who ever lived does not appear on any list I have seen of the 100 most influential men who ever lived. He...
Parenting in Judaism: Learning from Abraham
The call to Abraham, with which (the Bible portion of) Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: "Leave your land, your birthplace, and your father's...
