Posts Tagged: Moses
Judaism is About Taking Personal Responsibility
The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First, it outlines the construction of the Tabernacle, the portable house...
A Nation of Leaders
This week's parsha (Bible portion) consists of two episodes that seem to be a study in contrasts. In the first, in chapter 18, Yitro, Moses'...
Looking Up to the Hopeful Horizon
The Israelites had crossed the Red Sea. The impossible had happened. The mightiest army in the ancient world - the Egyptians with their horse-drawn chariots...
Real Leaders Focus on the Future and Education
To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week's parsha, I often ask an audience to perform a thought-experiment. Imagine you are the...
How to Succeed? Fail, Get Up, and Try Again
At first, Moses' mission seemed to be successful. He had feared that the people would not believe in him, but God had given him signs...
Helpless in the Homeland: Israel Has Effectively Surrendered
An IDF soldier is murdered by his Arab coworker, and his body is dumped in a village well. Another soldier is shot dead by a...
Finding Light in Dark Times: Jewish Leaders Persevere
What is it that made Jacob - not Abraham or Isaac or Moses - the true father of the Jewish people? We are the "congregation...
Prophet from the Dead Sea, Israel (PHOTO BLOG)
Text courtesy of Judaism 101. Many people today think of a prophet as any person who sees the future. While the gift of prophecy...
Conduct Unbecoming
A life sentence for jaywalking? Twenty years for chewing gum in public?! Singapore notwithstanding, surely that's over the top. Well, was it so different for Moses,...
Satmars Remove Embarrassing Anti-Army Poster After it Appears to Promote IDF Enlistment (PHOTO)
The Satmar Chasidic movement held a massive rally this weekend in Manhattan to protest the Israeli government's efforts to draft yeshiva students into the military....
Shavuot (Pentecost) Guide for the Perplexed 2013
1. Shavou'ot (Pentecost) was, originally, an agricultural holiday, celebrating the first harvest/fruit by bringing offerings (Bikkurim-ביכורי×) to the Temple in Jerusalem. Following the destruction of...
Judaism and Revelation
We've all heard the sensible saying that history is written by the victors, but on second reflection it should seem clear that it's not...
Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation: Muslims Can’t be Anti-Semites
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the current Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations, in a talk...
Where is G-d?
So you think you're the first guy out there looking for G-d? Sorry, my friend, you didn't discover America. People have been searching for spirituality,...
