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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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 Power of Why (Va’etchanan 5776)
In a much watched TED talk Simon Sinek asked the question: how do great leaders inspire action?[1] What made people … Read more
From Despair to Hope (Beha’alotecha 5776)
There have been times when one passage in today’s parsha was for me little less than life-saving. No leadership position … Read more
A Sense of Direction (Bechukotai 5776)
Smartphones can do amazing things – few more amazing than Waze, the Israeli-designed satellite navigation system acquired by Google in … Read more
Ekev (5771) – Why Civilisations Fail
What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society? In parshat Ekev, Moses springs his great surprise. Here are … 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
