For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, this week’s story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps Torah’s most magical and childlike narrative. In its words lurks […]

We each have had the desire at times to confront our leaders, be they religious or political, and question their actions.  The skill of questioning authority can mean the difference […]

The parsha baha’alotecha is “my family parsha”. My uncle read it when he became a bar mitzvah eighty-nine years ago, my son read it nineteen years ago and my cousin […]

If you’re reading this blogpost, your ancestors probably hailed from another continent.  Most of us focus more on where we are than from where we’ve come.  Today we might know […]

The legacy of the Jewish people includes a striving for perfection in ourselves, in our children and in the world. The quest for perfection inherently acknowledges that each of us […]