The walls are crumbling before our very eyes. Walls of denial, walls of defensiveness, walls of deception. The walls are crumbling and we can see – we must see – what is behind them: starvation, suffering, death.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

Friday, June 26, 2015. The Supreme Court issued their decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, granting same-sex couples the right to marry in all 50 states.

“Kol ha’olam kulo, gesher tzar m’od. The whole world, all of it, is a very narrow bridge.” Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav, the chasidic master who wrote this teaching over two hundred years ago, captures an unpleasant, if common, human experience.

These words can be found in Mishkan T’filah, the Reform movement’s prayerbook, on page 165, but their true origin is more obscure.

כֹּל עוֹד בַּלֵּבָב פְּנִימָה נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּה. As long as in the heart, within, The soul of a Jew still yearns, And onward, towards the ends of the east, an eye still gazes toward   Zion; Our hope is not yet lost, The hope of two thousand years, To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and   Jerusalem.  It is a strange choice for a national anthem. The haunting melody, the longing, somber lyrics. No rockets’ red glare or bombs bursting in air, no “ jour de

In case you’re not familiar with this song, here’s a little background. Zum Gali Gali, also known as the “Israeli Work Song,” was written so

The moment of redemption has finally arrived. This week, our parashah is Bo, which literally means “Come,” but should really be called...

I was tempted to give a D’var Torah tonight on this week’s Torah portion, Korach, which is a dramatic story about the thirst for power...