Seventy Faces of Torah

Deuteronomy Tisha b’Av: Shabbat’s Unwanted Guest

(Parshat Devarim, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) One of the most beloved and influential ...

Numbers “Where We Stopped Along the Way” (Parshat Matot/Masei, Numbers 30:2-36:13)

The John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, NY was a refuge for me and for ...

Numbers Change from the Inside

Parshat Pinchas (Numbers 25:1-30:1) In a time when many of us long to be able to...

Numbers Change from the Inside (Parshat Pinchas, Numbers 25:1-30:1)

In a time when many of us long to be able to “do something,” to repair even ...

Numbers On the Impact of What We Say, and How We See (Parashat Balak, Numbers 22:2-25:9)

It was only a few months ago that we saw graphic and horrific images of refugee ...

Numbers “The Girl Who Said No”

Parshat Korach, Numbers 16:1-18:32 I run from confrontation.  The very thought ...