In Vayishlach, Yaakov is given a new name: Israel. We may learn from Yaakov's life journey that God is always with us even during the darkest days. Through crippling and painful darkness, He never abandons Israel.
How to be half-Russian, half-Orthodox, and half-religious, but a whole Jew.
I’ve known a fair share of rabbis in my day, from all stripes and denominations. It’s definitely a mixed bag.
I've never understood the vast appeal of sex, flirting, and the like. Because of this, the world can feel confusing and strange. Still, I hesitate to label myself "asexual": the term seems too clinical for my freewheeling spirit.
It's not that your outcries, your war of words, your holiday visits and your donations do not mean the world to us. It means everything. And yet – it cannot be everything. Not this time around.
You went off to some island. You spent all day speaking in tongues to a king. There was plenty of food and too many people. Now what?
Genesis, art, and Hitchcock. Continuing where "I’m Done Being A Jewish Artist" left off.
I miss the Land. The air. The views. The people. So yes, the trip was special. But there's more.
