Minority Rights

The Duality of Jewish Time

Judaism’s Three Voices

Holy People, Holy Land

Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov?

Othello, Wikileaks, and Mildewed Walls

Spontaneity: Good or Bad?

The Dimensions of Sin

Why Civilisations Die

Family Feeling

Holy Times

The Plague of Evil Speech

The Politics of Responsibility

A nation that sees itself as responsible for the evils that befall it, is also a nation that has an inextinguishable power of recovery and return.

The Economics of Liberty

Judaism has no class system. We are all God’s children, all precious in His sight, each with a contribution to make to the common good.

Sanctifying the Name

The conviction that being a Jew involves the pursuit of justice and the practice of compassion is what led our ancestors to stay loyal to Judaism despite all the pressures to abandon it.

From Priest to People

Something fundamental happens at the beginning of this Parsha and the story is one of the greatest, if rarely acknowledged, contributions of Judaism to the world.

The Scapegoat

The strangest and most dramatic element of the service on Yom Kippur, set out in Acharei Mot, was the ritual of the two goats, one offered as a sacrifice, the other sent away into the desert “to Azazel.”

The Power of Shame

The new social media have brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming. Tthis gives us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at.

The Circumcision of Desire

Brit milah helps transform the male from baal to ish, from dominant partner to loving husband, just as God tells Hosea that this is what He seeks in His relationship with the people of the covenant.

Fire: Holy and Unholy

The holy is that segment of time and space God has reserved for His Presence. Creation involves concealment. About Nadav and Avihus death.