
50 Days of Repentance Week 2
When I was in graduate school studying Freud I came across a short paper by the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber in which, if I recall

50 Days of Repentance
Those who follow this blog know that in the spring of each year we count together the 50 days from Passover to the next major

Vision Statement
News item from Jerusalem — It’s the latest prescription for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision,

“I do not run like a man running aimlessly.”
There are those that argue that competition is a basic human instinct. No doubt an event such as the Olympics brings out the best and

Light from the Tragedy in Aurora
As some of you have asked—what is the 9 days of the month of Av (which began last Thursday night and culminates with a public

Immunity on the Basketball Court
I want to thank our Board President, Ilana Erez, for forwarding a recent KE blog to her adult children who are parents of young ones.