Posts Tagged: Moses Torah
The Ballot Box Is the Key to Preserving — or Losing — Our Current System
In 1856, Abraham Lincoln, that master of the pithy aphorism, noted that “the ballot is stronger than the bullet.” So sharply observed, and it is...
What Moses and the Torah Can Teach Us About Leadership Today
Over and above the spiritual and ritual laws of the Torah, there are themes of leadership that run through all five books, sometimes overtly and...
What Made Moses Great
One of the most cataclysmic periods in modern history was the French Revolution, which started in the late 1780s and continued until the mid-1790s. What...
What Does God Look Like? Not What You Think
The dominant theme of the Torah this Shabbat is the episode of the Golden Calf. Moses was up on the mountain for 40 days and 40...
What Moses Teaches Us About Alex Jones
Recently, my good friend Seth Siegel sent me his latest book, "Other People’s Words," a fabulous collection of more than 1,200 pithy quotations from the...
Why a Religious Code Gives Us Purpose
When I try to put myself into the minds of the Children of Israel in the wilderness, I simply cannot understand their mentality. Why are...
Giving to Others Gives Our Life Meaning
Earlier this week, I read that Barbara Rickles had died at the age of 84. Her late husband, Don — who passed away in 2017,...
The Power of ‘Thank You’
The 19th-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) is best remembered for his very focused personal ambition, coupled with his ability to allow political expediency...
The Jewish Butterfly Effect
One of the most idiosyncratic philosophers and cultural commentators of the post-war period was a Frenchman called Jean Baudrillard, renowned for his prolific academic studies...
We Must Work Together So That All Yeshiva Students Get a Dual Education
In last week's Torah reading, Moshe Rabbeinu commands us to choose life -- “Uvacharta Bachaim.” From this, the Talmud Yerushalmi in Kiddushin derives that a...
To Truly See, We Must Stop Demonizing Those Who Disagree With Us
“There is none so blind as he who will not see.” That, I think, applies nowadays to very many people. Seeing is not just looking....
Twelve Trapped Soccer Players, Moses, and the Cities of Refuge
Perfection has a way of grabbing our attention: A Triple Crown. A 4.0 grade point average. An undefeated season. And, this week, the inspiring, odds-defying...
Only the Weak Use Force and Coercion to Get Their Way
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not have faith in Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of...
Humanism Is Proof of the Divine
Earlier this week, a story floating on the fringes of the news cycle caught my attention. A man from Pakistan who arrived in the UK in...
