Posts Tagged: Joseph
Parshat Mikeitz: Was Joseph Fair?
There are two conundrums in this week’s Torah reading. The great Spanish commentator Abarbanel asks why Joseph treated his brothers so cruelly when they appeared...
The Story of Joseph, the Holocaust, and Why Forgiveness Requires Closure
In 1976, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal published a small book called The Sunflower. The book was inspired by a troubling and...
What Really Separates Humans From Animals
Animals communicating with each other -- and with humans -- have always been a feature of literary fiction. Over the last century, this has spilled...
The Story of Judah Shows the Power of Change
The sequence from Bereishit 37-50 is the longest unbroken narrative in the Torah, and there can be no doubt who its hero is: Joseph. The...
Failure is Not the End
The Bible's first book, Bereishit, ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. His brothers were afraid that he had not...
Shavuot (Pentecost) Guide for the Perplexed 2013
1. Shavou'ot (Pentecost) was, originally, an agricultural holiday, celebrating the first harvest/fruit by bringing offerings (Bikkurim-ביכורי×) to the Temple in Jerusalem. Following the destruction of...
Welcome Home Gilad Shalit
Tonight marks a critical moment in history when the world has taken witness to the preservation of one life in exchange for the release of...
