Passover: Love Is Revolution
When we become a servant of God, who loves unconditionally and gives selflessly — when we align our will with the Infinite will — then we see that the power of Pharoah is an illusion, the door opens for miracles and we become free.
Calling Out to Our True Selves: A Hasidic Meditation on the Mitzvah of Shofar
The Baal Shem Tov taught that the sound of the Shofar is the sound of the Prince crying out to his father the King. It is the sound of our yearning to return to the Source of our true selves.
Lose Your Illusions and Find Infinity: A Jewish Mystical Take on Atheism and God
God is beyond any concept. God is beyond even the concept of beyond. Anything I write about God will be a metaphor, an approximation of something I can’t actually describe.
Israeli Tech Puts 3D Holographic Heart In The Doctor’s Hand To Save Lives
Fans of Hollywood’s Iron Man movie series are used to seeing hero Tony Stark manipulate 3D holograms to create scientific wonders. Real View, an Israeli medical holography company is bringing fantasy to reality with 3D holograms that doctors can use to save lives.
Golden Treasures from Ancient Jewish Community Discovered Near Temple Mount
Excavating 1400-year-old ruins next to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, archaeologists from Hebrew University recently discovered two bundles containing 36 gold coins, gold and silver jewelry, and a 10-cm gold medallion with etchings of the menorah (Temple candelabrum), the shofar (ram’s horn), and a Torah scroll.
The Biblical Roots of Israel Standing Alone
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and told the world that Iran’s nuclear threat is a clear and present danger. Netanyahu announced, “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone, and in standing alone Israel will know that we will be defending many many others.”
Biafran Airlift: Israel’s Secret Mission to Save Lives
In 1968, thanks to the relatively recent invention of broadcast television, the world was horrified by images of young Biafran children starving en masse during the Nigerian civil war. The international call to action was overwhelming.
Confessions of a Jewish Bachelor: Why I Will Never Write a Dating Resume
My neck gets tense when I think about shadchans. Matchmakers. I have issues with shadchans.
