Torah Commentary

We must use our gifts of wealth, education, and influence to improve conditions for the poor and powerless.

Incarceration can be a tool of fear--not a place of rehabilitation.

The thoughts of a shepherd may be sublime, but they cannot take him away from the task at hand.

It takes a dream to save the Jewish people.

Jacob views material possessions as essential and indispensable.

Jacob is surprised to learn that even with estranged family members, reconciliation is possible.

How do you keep the past alive without becoming its prisoner?

Jacob is a force for positive change in the midst of a frustrating material world.

We must stop being silent, sleepy observers of the AIDS pandemic.

Like our ancestors, we are all on journeys throughout our lives.