Posts Tagged: Beha’alotecha
The Jewish People Can’t Forget the Past — but We Also Can’t Live There
It is said that "the good old days" are a combination of a bad memory and a good imagination. Every generation seems convinced that things...
Parshat Behaalotecha: Divided Despite Divisions
The parsha of Behaalotecha speaks about the silver trumpets -- clarions -- that Moses was commanded to make: The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Make two...
The Narrow-Minded View of History
Afua Hirsch is a British lawyer and journalist -- born to a Jewish father whose family escaped Nazi Berlin in 1938, and an Ashanti Ghanaian...
A Test of Character in This Week’s Torah Portion
There have been times when one passage in this week’s parsha -- Torah portion -- was for me little less than life-saving. No leadership position...
