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On occasion I have been asked: How can one so rooted in Jewish tradition, so at home with halakhic prescriptions and proscriptions…
The creator of the popular ritual of placing an orange on the Seder plate describes exactly how this innovation arose, its intended significance, and the problematic erasure of its origins.
Before your plane to Israel departs, recite T’fillat Haderekh, “Prayer for a Safe Journey […].” Then, during the flight, read the following.
There is no denying that under the influence of this enthusiasm for America, the disintegrating process of the Melting Pot is taking place in large measure. That it is not, fortunately, taking place…
In 1972, during the week that my eldest son, Yisroel, was to be Bar Mitzvaed, I received an invitation to address a convention of college students. Normally, I would have immediately accepted, but…
There is an old talmudic saying: “A Jew who has sinned still remains a Jew.” My own thinking is, of course, beyond the idea of “sin” or “no sin”; but this saying has brought to my mind a memory from…
In late October 1990, I traveled to Dharamsala, a remote hill town in northern India. I came to write about a religious dialogue between a group of Jewish delegates and the XIV Dalai Lama…
In early winter 1998, I set out to discover my country, the Holy Land. My pilgrimage was an attempt at religious empathy: I was hoping to encounter, as an Israeli Jew, my Christian and Muslim…