“Jewish unity exists as an idea. Why then should it not exist as a fact?” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, One People p. vii Dr. George Vaillant, psychiatrist and Harvard medical school professor, summarized the outcome of his sixty year study of 800 men and women...
TO MANY ISRAELIS LIVING ABROAD AN ISRAELI ID MEANS A GREAT DEAL. IN THIS CASE IT MEANS INDEPENDENCE – Part of The Tribe It’s a lot of fun to meet your own “tribe,” people who understand your language and humor, who call a barbecue, al ha’esh, and know that...
Passover is not a Jewish form of spring-cleaning. It’s also not a banquet. Passover reminds us of a process where we forge our unity and thereby become a nation. And once we achieve that state, we become an example to the world of how people can cultivate...
THESE TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF JEWISH IDENTITY – At least in theory. We take them for granted but do we merit the pride we take in having given this message to the world? Do we actually practice this? – And really what are these...
