Spirituality, Sustainability, and A Global Consciousness
One of my late teachers, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, once said: "The modern person behaves as if the sole purpose of the universe were to satisfy their needs." His challenge: "We must not give in to that reality, but rather transcend it by sacrificing one's own interests for the sa
Galilee Diary: Sustainability
When the Holy One Blessed be He created the first humans, he showed them all the trees in the Garden of Eden, and said to them: See how wonderful and pleasant are my creations! Everything I created – I created for you.
Cause for Celebration in Israel: Tu B'Av, the Jewish Festival of Love
When I moved to Israel, it was easy for me to forgo some of the holidays that I grew up with in America that I knew had a distinctly non-Jewish origin. It was also a pleasant surprise to discover other holidays here that unite Israelis across the spectrum – such as Tu B’Av, also known as the festival of love.
Galilee Diary: Balancing act
Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid… -Micah 4:4
A Prayer for Peace in the Aftermath of Terror
by Rabbi Joe Black On Sunday evening, I participated in a prayer vigil at the Aurora Civic Plaza. Many people from around the country saw the proceedings live on national television. From my perspective, sitting on the dais, the scene was somewhat surreal.
Munich Massacre Memorial Prayer
Here is a memorial prayer for the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre.
A Mother’s Love on Her Son’s Bar Mitzvah Day
Galilee Diary: Repairing the World
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Galilee Diary: 520
...Go up there into the Negev and on into the hill country, and see what kind of country it is. Are the people who dwell in it strong or weak, few or many? Is the country in which they dwell good or bad? Are the towns they live in open or fortified? Is the soil rich or poor?
Galilee Diary: Fairness
...do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your kinsman fairly... You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old...
-Leviticus 19:15, 32