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Flight of the alone to the Alone

WHAT is prayer? It is the defeat of the illusion of human community. For the human condition, as the Greek philosopher Plotinus said, is the flight of the alone to...

Where is G-d?

WHERE is G-d? The Kotzker Rebbe answered, “wherever you let Him in.” It’s a poignant response, but it really answers a different question, “where is G-dliness?”...

Smitten by winter’s charm

I can’t imagine anything coming closer to Disneyland for snow sports enthusiasts than the SnowSports Industry of America (SIA), this year celebrating it’s 60th...

The timely absence of Moses

FROM the time of his birth until the end of the Torah, Moses is mentioned in every Torah portion except one: this one. The question is twofold: Why should Moses...

SodaStream? Make it mainstream!

My worlds were colliding. Because of SodaStream, suddenly my Israel life was being linked and discussed in the context s of the Super Bowl, at which my team happened to...

Don’t pity the billionaire

The rich have never been richer and the poor keep getting poorer. The financial Masters of the Universe enjoy indefinite taxpayer-funded bailouts, while the social...

Broncomania

Broncomania is nothing new to me. I am a Denver teen of the ‘80s. Although I only learned of Floyd Little later on, I grew up in the throes of […]

The first Michaelangelo — 3,000 years ago

MICHELANGELO once observed that painting is the art of putting on, while sculpture is the art of taking away. The sculpted image is right there in the block of marble...

To be Jewish is to protest

““That’s not fair! She got more than I did! You love him more than me!” How many times have you heard those words from a small child? How many times […]

Women and tefilin

“Said Rabbi Chananel in the name of Rav, ‘the titura (bridge) of the tefilin (phylacteries) is halachah le-Moshe mi-Sinai’ [oral tradition going back to divine...