God

God Likes a Counter-Offer

We criticize Abraham for not voicing protest of God’s horrific demand that he sacrifice Isaac. Yet, ultimately, Abraham did counter ...

Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Recently a woman asked me if it was okay during her prayers to pray to her deceased mother. She said,”the ...

A Call for Diversity: The Tower of Babel

While driving down Route 95 on the East Coast, one has the ability to survey hundreds of billboards along the ...

I’m Only Happy When it Rains

Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...

Putting God On The Geirut List

I recently had the privilege of serving on a Beit Din (Rabbinic Court) for an individual who was converting to ...

Confronting Murderers and Finding Forgiveness

I think about the nature and concept of forgiveness literally on a daily basis. As a lawyer, my practice consists ...

Look Both Ways Before Crossing!

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

Who Will Live and Who Will Die?

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

Amazing and Improbable Transformations for the New Year

Change is an inevitable part of our lives. Most changes, however, happen to us from the outside: we age, we ...

G*d is Everywhere… No, Really

Images of horror, most pointedly the public beheadings of two American journalists in a matter of weeks, have ensured that ...