Godwrestling
Arthur Waskow
1978
My own efforts to wrestle with the Ishmael story came from my fierce fears and hopes for modern Israel, my urgency to discover how Israel could live in peace, my efforts to talk with angry, fearful, and despairing Jews about what could be done. But as I struggled with these questions, that still more intimate struggle of my life—my wrestle with my…
Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Already have an account?
You may also like
How to Bring Mashiah
1. “If you’re planting a tree and you hear Mashiah has come, first finish planting and then run to the city gates to tell him Shalom” (Yochanan Ben Zakkai).
Therefore: Plant a tree somewhere as a…
Ge’ ḥizayon (Valley of Vision)
In a dream, in a night vision, while [I was] asleep upon [my] bed during my imprisonment, a voice called in my ears. The voice was the voice of Jacob, like the voice of my father, may his memory be…
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Religious forces are in fact only transfigured collective forces, that is, moral forces; they are made of ideas and feelings that the…