Rabbi Wolpe’s Musings

What Oscar Wilde said about art is what Judaism shows us about other aspects of life: "A Truth ... is that whose contradictory is also true."

How the Jews wrote an encyclopedia to save civilization.

Why did the people of Babel build their tower to the sky? The prevailing interpretation is that they were afflicted with ...

Now more than ever, we need to learn to bridge an ever-widening divide with forgiveness.

Too much self-satisfaction is dangerous.

Does God know our innermost thoughts?

Sometimes we know things not by their presence, but by their effects. In building the periodic table, Medeleyev filled in gaps based on ...

In Judaism, the value of peace can override the value of honesty.

Like the angels poised above the ark in the Temple, we can choose to face one another.

Judaism's sacred texts are a refuge and a place to grow.

God helps those who help themselves.

Are we numb to the rise in global antisemitism?