What Would Moses Say? Of Nietzsche, Hitler and the Freedom to Hurt Others (Shavuot 5780)
Nietzsche is probably one of the most misunderstood and manipulated philosophers in history. The most pernicious manipulation of him was...
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How Not to Become a Beer (Shavuot 5779)
A lost tribe, a brand of beer, the history and future of Jewish resilience, and how Shavuot explains it all. The Quilmes, a nation...
Law and Love (Shavuot 5778)
Have you ever heard the phrase “the God of the Old Testament”? It’s generally used to distinguish between the supposedly angry, vengeful,...
The Words We Say and the Words We Don’t: Shavuot 5777
Every time you scan your purchases at the grocery store self-checkout line, you’re learning Jewish mysticism. In 1948, the president of a...
Me and Bobby McGee, and Shavuot
In “Me and Bobby McGee,” the famous blues/rock song popularized by Janis Joplin, the narrator expresses a romantic view of freedom that...
Shavuot Marks Society Bound by Covenant of Words, Not Use of Force
Imagine a country that says “we are going to get rid of all law enforcement agencies.” There will be no police, no army, and no coercion...
The Love Story Between a People and a Book
A couple of years ago, my sons, among other first graders, participated in something called chagigat hasefer, the celebration of the...
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