Bible

Hitting The Road vs. Wandering the Desert

How driving cross country got me thinking about our legacy of journeys

Living With Death

Death is a problem. It is death that seems to suck the meaning out of life. If it is all ...

The Land of Israel DOES NOT Belong to the People of Israel

Israel’s legendary Foreign Minister Abba Eban once stood at the podium of the United Nations general assembly with a Bible ...

Being Imperfect is Spiritual

I was moved recently in speaking with one of my new students in the Religious School hallway looking sad. I ...

It’s Okay to Leave

Megillat Ruth is named for the heroine Ruth, who clung to Naomi in what the tradition has perceived as an ...

What the Bible Says About Mother’s Day

“My husband forgot Mother’s Day flowers, so I had sex with another man.” So wrote an anonymous woman disappointed in ...

Filling the Missing Half of the Sacred Bookshelf

For years I studied and taught Torah, learning and teaching in many settings, including several batei midrash, teacher training programs, ...

Anti-Gay Billboard is Wrong, Dangerous, and Against Biblical Faith

If it weren’t so dangerous, it would almost be laughable. A new billboard on Interstate 95 in downtown Richmond, VA ...

Digging Wells for Generations

Two Israelis were stabbed last week, Israeli military and police response has continued, and leaders within Fatah have begun talking ...