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Changes of Heart

Bereshit 5777 / 29 October 2016

After I finished this d’var Torah, I heard a recent interview with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne that further elaborates on the themes below, and I encourage you to follow the… Read More

Posted: October 31, 2016 by

Living in Beauty

Chol HaMoed Sukkot 5777 / 22 October 2016

I would wager that it’s impossible to spend more than 20 minutes in this building without passing through the gift shop at least once — and yet how often do… Read More

Posted: October 27, 2016 by

Poetry in Ha’azinu

It’s a treat for me to be able to talk about Ha’azinu, the powerful poem in this week’s parashah. What I especially love about it is its concentration of thought-provoking… Read More

Posted: October 19, 2016 by

Imperfect, Impermanent and Interdependent

Yom Kippur 5777/12 October 2016

There is a story of a Zen master who taught his students, “When you are eating breakfast, eat breakfast. And when you are reading the newspaper, read the newspaper.” One… Read More

Posted: October 13, 2016 by

America at the Crossroads

Yom Kippur 5777/12 October 2016

In 1788, right here in Philadelphia, Mikveh Israel faced the problem of how to pay off the building they constructed in the waning days of the Revolution. This was hardly… Read More

Posted: October 13, 2016 by
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