Posts Tagged: Pini dunner sermon
The World’s Eyes Were Opened to the Hamas Drive to Eliminate Israel; But Most Refuse to See
Those who regain their sight after having been blind for many years are usually overwhelmed by their renewed ability to see -- but the impact...
Why Do Jewish ‘Days’ Start at Night?
Every Yom Kippur, in synagogues across the world, there are people you never see the rest of the year. In my view, this is a...
Parshat Emor: Is the Greatest Danger Close to Home?
If you were on the lookout for a bizarre news headline this week, I don’t think you could have beaten this one: “Shock After Christian...
The Story of Esau: Be Honest With Yourself
In October 1897, Sigmund Freud wrote to his close friend and confidant, the idiosyncratic German-Jewish otolaryngologist Wilhelm Fliess, inter-alia telling him that “being entirely honest...
How Shabbat Observance Has Preserved the Jewish People
Sometime in the 18th century, a group of Russian-Orthodox Christians revolted against the strict hierarchical religious environment of Russian-Orthodoxy and embraced Judaism -- or at...
Why We Must Commemorate and Honor the Past
Earlier this week, a large group attended the final lecture in my spring/summer Jewish history series, to hear about “The Wild Wild West: Orthodox Jewish...
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?
Last month, if you were visiting Adis Ababa in Ethiopia, you would have witnessed an astonishing sight. Every January, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates a...
All You Need for Success Is Prayer
One of the riskiest endeavors in the business world is the area known as “mergers and acquisitions." A merger joins two separate entities into one...
The Case Against Specialization and for General Knowledge
We live in an age of ever-increasing specialization. Up until the early 20th century, interdisciplinary experts abounded. Charles Darwin was renowned as a geologist and...
