Why I Wore My Father’s Medal Today.

Why I Wore My Father’s Medal Today.  April 11 2015 Amichai Lau-Lavie   On April 11th 1945 Buchenwald was liberated and my father Naphtali, 19 year old Jewish prisoner, was liberated, along with his younger brother Israeli, age 8. In all the years since, April 11th has become my father’s celebrated birthday, a quiet opportunity […]

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Why Synagogue? Thinking Out-loud about the Shifting Realities of Sacred Space

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 […]

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Unscrolling: My New Weekly Torah Blog Starts Today

UNSCROLLING: A Year of Wrestling, Quoting, and Reclaiming Torah Amichai’s New Weekly Blog (10/2013-10/2014) This year I’m reading the weekly Torah portion through the eyes of 54 creative wrestlers   in Reboot’s new book Unscrolled. My year long journey will be blogged weekly as commentary on their commentary, quoting quotes, plucking pearls from this pool of biblically inspired juices for […]

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Changing God’s Mind: One Law at a Time! Word #38

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here.   play   Judgement משפט The turning of tides started, this week, with Wendy Davis. Davis rose in defiance […]

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Saying God is Great isn’t Always Such a Great Idea. Word #11

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here. play GOD  אלהים “It was God’s will” is a terrible thing to say to the bereaved no matter the intention. Piety […]

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