Shaul Magid

Shavuot is not just the culmination of Passover, but also its subversion.

A Hasidic teaching suggests that power, rather than bringing about liberation, achieves just the opposite.

Once Jews confront the mythic origins of our own past, it's much easier to be sensitive to the mythic origins of others.

Is it better to act out of volition or obligation?

Remembering is a central tenet of Judaism. So is forgetting.

These two biblical brothers embody a tension that lies beneath the whole of Jewish tradition.