2/23/15 This past weekend marked the new moon of the Hebrew month of Adar, and in Israel this past Friday was also celebrated as ‘Family Day’ the newest reiteration of ‘Mother’s Day’ – renamed in the 1990’s to be more inclusive to all parents and care-givers. Even when this day was invented in Israel in […]
אל גנת אגוז ערב שבת נחמו תשע״ד שיר על הפרי החדש: טעם לא ידוע מגע מוזר מוכר מוטציה מדיטציה על טעמו של החדש. ממש. בחדר במלון בעיר גדולה זרה פירות אחרים מותרים קשיו עסיסי מתוק האגוז המוכר מחובר לפרי מוזר כתום והאגוז קשור בפיתם כרבולת קרנבל אמזונס בפורטוגזית בשוק הפירות של סאו פאולו 40 ריאל […]
This week I both denied and then embraced being part of the reform movement. On Tuesday I was giving a lecture in Tel Aviv and introduced to the audience (500 or so mostly secular Israelis) as a “Reform Rabbi”. When taking the podium, about to talk about Ezra the Scribe and his 2,500 year old […]
June 10, 2014 This past Sunday, Pope Francis invited the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray with him for peace. The day before, His Holiness tweeted: Prayer is all-powerful. Let us use it to bring peace to the Middle East and peace to the world. I wasn’t invited to Rome, but I wanted to be […]
Why Synagogue? Amichai Lau-Lavie (A reply to Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove) My friend Dan is a rabbi in crisis. His small congregation adores him but wants to replace the apple of his eye – his 30 minutes Sabbath morning sermon -with an interactive lay-led conversation. He wants quality scholarship, advanced literacy – they just want […]
