by Dr. David Sanders On June 5th we will be celebrating Kabbalah Experienceâs 20th year. We are counting up to it. In our relationship to an anticipated event, it is our inclination to count down; 3 weeks to graduation, 2 days to a holiday, 11 hours to a guest Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders Two years ago, on Wednesday March 22nd, a petition was signed by over 1,000 leading scientists and thought leaders for all Ai labs to take a sabbatical of no less than 6 months. The pause never occurred. Those predicting singularity, where Ai surpasses human intellectual capacities, Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders The Rabbis in the Talmud dedicated much discussion to the phrasing of words, the posture of the body and the timing of when to start or end prayers. In one fascinating discussion the Rabbis concluded that it is useless to pray for that which has already Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders This past Monday, January 20th, we celebrated Martin Luther King Day. In his inaugural address that day, President Trump declared, that in his honor, âwe will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come true.â Reverend Lorenzo Sewel, a young Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders Rabbi Sharon Brous, author of The Amen Effect and founder of IKAR in Los Angeles spoke this past Yom Kippur on the stories which we talk about ourselves, our people, and our society. In her analysis of one particular story regarding Abraham and his wives Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders Once an astrologer-king saw in the stars that anyone who would eat of the coming yearâs harvest would go mad. He called in his trusted advisor to ask for his counsel. âSire,â replied the advisor, âyou and I shall eat only last yearâs harvest, which is Read more…
 by Dr. David Sanders What sinks me into a state of despair? Is it the blood shed or the numbness I feel? Is it the tears that well up or the pain I cannot absorb? Is it the contemptuous and hate filled words or the normalizing of that language? Is Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders Inside the walled city of Gerona, Spain in the 13th century, Abraham Cantor penned a hopeful prayer which has been added to the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah liturgy since its composition. It is a short song of only nine stanzas and is known by its title âLittle Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders A prominent theme in Kabbalah over the past 500 years has been the rebalancing of masculine and feminine energies on a communal level. At first this was presented only as a theoretical or as something that might need to wait until messianic times. The ascendency of Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders I have a general rule when it comes to the length of books I am willing to read. I donât remember how this personal rule started. It may have been the three times I tried to read the entirety of Robert Pirsigâs classic, Zen and the Read more…
