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Abraham Joshua Heschel: ‘Every Moment Is an Opportunity for Greatness’

The great rabbi decried the antipathy for old age and the trivialization of retirement. He urged America to do better.

Obsession in Blue

We admit it, we are obsessed with blue. Also with seashells and snails. Our house is filled with skeins of ...

“What if I can’t spell Hope?”

“I propose that you, Mr. President, declare a state of moral emergency.  A Marshal Plan for aid to negroes is ...

My Name Is Inigo Montoya

Remember Mandy Patinkin’s character Inigo Montoya in  The Princess Bride ? When Montoya was a child, the story goes, the six-fingered ...

Seeing Bigger

Travel in your mind to the top of our atmosphere, where Earth’s envelope of life-giving oxygen and nitrogen blends into the cold vacuum of ...

Mystical Explanations for the Existence of Evil

According to the kabbalists, evil is a bi-product of the relationship between humans and the sefirot, God's manifested attributes.

A Memorial Day to Remember

Last night we moved from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut – from Remembrance Day to Independence Day in Israel. We ...

Song of Songs as Allegory

The Bible's most erotic book has long been understood as a metaphor.

Stop Making Excuses and Step Up to the Plate

Moses' excuses at the Burning Bush parallel three great human fears.

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