Posts Tagged: Pini Dunner
It Can Take Interesting Characters to Carry Out God’s Will
A century ago this week, Lord Arthur Balfour, the British foreign secretary and former prime minister, dispatched his now famous 67-word letter to Lord Walter...
Why Divergent Thinking Is Critical to Judaism
All of us have been shocked by the images of yeshivah boys and their rabbinic mentors disrupting traffic and causing mayhem in Israel. They were...
It’s Time to Leave Your Comfort Zone
Earlier this week, I visited Buffalo, New York, where I was the keynote speaker at “Buffalo Celebrates Israel” -- a joint event organized by 22 evangelical churches...
The Message of Sukkot: Spiritual Elevation Is a Process, Not a Switch
With each passing year, sukkah companies try and make it easier for you to build your sukkah. Today, you can buy a kit from a sukkah store, and...
Judaism’s Lesson: Everything Is Possible
Self-help guru and best-selling author Louise Hay recently died in her sleep, at the age of 90. Born into poverty in Los Angeles in 1926, as...
God’s Ultimate Gift to the Jewish People
Over the years, I have studiously avoided engaging in theological disputations. Anyone deeply committed to their religious faith is unlikely to be convinced by clever...
The Choice to Make Choices
We have a number of weddings coming up in my congregation. Therefore, I thought it would be wise to address the glaring contradiction that exists between a widely-held...
Why the Talmud Is the Most Important Text in Judaism
It is always assumed that the most important text of Judaism is the Torah. But while it is true that the Torah is uniquely revered...
Why We Can Still Discover New Things About the Torah
One of the great puzzles of evolutionary theory concerns the existence of a human higher intelligence, and an innate desire for morality and ethics. Charles Darwin...
What Do Stories About Trump Say About the Media?
“The Inadvisable President." “5 Signs That Trump Knows He’s a Terrible President." “Donald Trump, Humiliator-in-Chief.” Headlines and articles communicating just how terrible the Trump presidency has...
The State of Israel Is the First Stage of the Messianic Era
One of the great mysteries of modern Jewish faith is the instinctive antipathy that certain segments of the most religiously observant Jews feel toward the existence...
The ‘Roswell Incident’ Could Be True — But It Isn’t
Next month will mark the 70th anniversary of a notorious episode known as the "Roswell incident." In July 1947 -- at a remote site northwest of Roswell, New Mexico -- a...
Avoiding the Dangers of Spiritual Groupthink
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column about the German-born social psychologist, Kurt Lewin (1890-1947). Although most people have never heard of him,...
True Self-Esteem Is Earned, Not Given
We recently marked the second anniversary of the death of a colorful California politician: Assemblyman John Vasconcellos. If Vasconcellos is remembered at all, it is for his...
