Posts Tagged: Torah
What Moses and the Torah Can Teach Us About Leadership Today
Over and above the spiritual and ritual laws of the Torah, there are themes of leadership that run through all five books, sometimes overtly and...
God’s ‘Rebuke’ in This Week’s Torah Portion
A major part of the double Torah portion we read this week (which ends the Book of Vayikra) is what is called the Tochecha, which...
Destiny in Disaster?
JNS.org - Have you ever met a professor of comparative religion? I’ve often wondered whether these academics have really studied all religions and if they...
What It Really Means to Be the ‘People of the Book’
This week, Jewish communities worldwide will read Parshat Yitro, which recounts one of the most defining moments in Jewish history — God's giving of the Ten...
The Donkey and the Darkness
JNS.org - Did you ever play the game “pin the tail on the donkey?” The way it works is that an image of a donkey...
‘Shofar’s Call to ‘Rehabilitate’ Zionism
JNS.org - Shofar, an interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies whose editors are committed “to publishing a diversity of beliefs, ideas and opinions,” is a project...
Who Calls the Shots?
JNS.org - I think it’s incredible how the weekly Torah portion can often give us the most powerful lessons for life. One of the most dramatic,...
In Life, Do We Really Reap What We Sow?
There is a tradition amongst some Talmudic commentators to try to discount any narrative in the Torah that seems to reflect negatively on our founding...
Who Is Testing Us?
JNS.org - On Shabbat, we will read the Torah portion Vayera and the poignant drama of the akeidah, the binding of Isaac, which is the...
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...
The 21st-Century’s Great Flood
JNS.org - Believe it or not, the hero of this week’s Torah portion, Noah, needed a not-so-gentle push to get him into the Ark that...
The Jewish People Perform Another Miracle
JNS.org - This Oct. 7 will not only be an anniversary of tears, of pure contrition, even if the memory is burning as the people...
The Game of Life
JNS.org - You may be familiar with the story of the passionate British soccer fan who was asked whether he considered soccer a matter of...
Battling the Amalek Within
JNS.org - Why is Amalek considered the archenemy of Israel? We’ve had no shortage of vile and murderous enemies in our time. What makes Amalek...
