Life-Changing Ideas featured in Covenant & Conversation 5778/5779
Click on any of the parsha titles to read the longer essay piece… BEREISHIT: God believes in us even if … Read more
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Unfinished Symphony (Vezot Habracha 5779)
Each year, as we near the end of the Mosaic books and Moses’ life, I find myself asking: Did … Read more
Emotional Intelligence (Ha’azinu 5779)
In March 2015 I had a public conversation at Yale with the University’s President Peter Salovey. The occasion was quite … Read more
The Second Mountain (Vayelech 5779)
What do you do when you have achieved it all, when you have risen to whatever career heights fate … Read more
The World is Waiting for You (Nitzavim 5778)
Something remarkable happens in this week’s parsha, almost without our noticing it, that changed the very terms of Jewish existence, … Read more
The Story We Tell (Ki Tavo 5778)
The setting: Jerusalem some twenty centuries ago. The occasion: bringing first fruits to the Temple. Here is the scene as … Read more
Social Capital & Fallen Donkeys (Ki Teitse 5778)
Many years ago, Elaine and I were being driven to the Catskills, a long-time favourite summer getaway for Jews in … Read more
To Lead is to Serve (Shoftim 5778)
Our parsha talks about monarchy: “When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have … Read more
On Not Being a Victim (Re’eh 5778)
Making a series of programmes for the BBC on morality in the twenty-first century, I felt I had to travel … Read more
Listen, Really Listen (Eikev 5778)
Some 20 or so years ago, with the help from the Ashdown Foundation, I initiated a conference at the Hebrew … Read more