To Have a Why (Chayei Sarah 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! The name of our parsha seems to embody a paradox. It is called Chayei … Read more
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The Pursuit of Meaning (Vayikra 5779)
The American Declaration of Independence speaks of the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Recently, following … Read more
In Search of the Why (Bechukotai 5778)
The most often quoted of all Nietzsche’s remarks – indeed one of the most quoted sentences of all in recent … Read more
The Call (Vayikra 5778)
It was never my ambition or aspiration to be a rabbi. I went to university to study economics. I then … Read more
Jewish Book Week 2012: Religion and Science
The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks is the starting point for a conversation … Read more
Better is a world built on love, not Darwinian struggle
The word “credo”, in Hebrew ani ma’amin, means “I believe”, and it sometimes helps to spell out what we believe, why … Read more
