Can you imagine Adam – G d’s first human creation in Eden’s green meadow? See him, newly minted. His fresh body gleaming and his mind totally empty of facts, attitudes, opinions –...
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – as every Jewish child learns in pre-kindergarten – are about forgiveness. Jews of all theological stripes – even those whimsical souls who spread mayo instead of...
I just finished a book that every Jew should read. Constantine’s Sword (Constantine was the Roman Emperor who legitimized Christianity as the state religion). The book, though a gold mine of information...
A historical test for our readers: In the cluttered library of history, what are the two most significant documents that have guided us politically, morally, culturally? Without too much thought I would ...
Since he was of the human race, troubles swarmed around his life like gnats surround a dead crow on the forest floor. The rent was overdue, he had a sciatica pain in...
Many bible scholars, both Jewish and Christian, make the obvious point that Christianity stresses forgiveness while Judaism gives it a glance, says it’s a nice thing, but then bounces back to justice,...
Have you ever seen a possum? Maybe not. But they come to my back door every night and eat the cat food. The Possum is so ugly she scares the cat. The...
Let’s take a long, hard look at historical reality. Those ex-slaves called Israelites have escaped their Egyptian prison. And for the first time – like your six year old toddled off to...
You know, we Jews have a reputation for mobility. “The Wandering Jew” was a stereotype. In the three millennia or so that we’ve been around we’ve given more business to travel agencies...
It had been a busy six days even for the King of the Universe. The earth and all its contents – well, that was accomplishment enough. But the galaxies and the rules...
