Kohelet

Nu, What’s New?

Jewish tradition seems schizophrenic about whether anything really is new.

Living With Death

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

Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...

What’s Your Question?

What question will guide your New Year’s resolutions this year? What will be the focus of your self-improvement plan?Maybe it’s ...

Yogi Berra and Sukkot

Yogi Berra was the master of saying the wrong thing in the most right way. His death a couple of ...

A Time to be Silent and a Time to Speak

“There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” So says the author of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in a ...

Happiness is Contemplation

Passover ended less than a week ago.Many Jews say that Passover is our favourite holiday. And why not? On Seder ...