Take On Torah

On Wednesday night, Cantor Friedrich and I saw a pretty unbelievable game of baseball at Citizens Bank Park. It started out as a Phillies...

I just want you to know, I think you're doing a terrible job. You're making HUGE mistakes right now, and if you don't change ...

It ain't easy being an ancient priest. I'm not speaking from personal experience, mind you, but I'm pretty sure I'm right ...

The Torah never tells us the obvious stuff. Think about it. Nowhere in the Torah do you read, "Thou shalt eat when thou art hungry....

When I was in college, a roommate of mine introduced me to an interesting Jewish holiday ritual. After the festival of Sukkot concluded, h...

"How do we face the reality of death?" That line begins a reading that I include in nearly every funeral or unveiling that I per...

Who is in and who is out? Who gets to remain inside the camp, and who has to wait outside? When you come right down to it, that is the subj...