My Turn

It could have been any yoga, mindfulness or spiritual gathering, but this crowd of young Jewish seekers came to hear the Millennial Rabbi, Daniel Bortz, and have him take them on a spiritual journey.

If there’s a God, why do bad things like Cancer, the Coronavirus and the Holocaust happen?

What would a Seder with Judaism’s modern-day master storyteller be like? How did Agnon explain the Haggadah to his family?

Quite a number of thought-leaders in this movement consider themselves outside the mainstream consensus of Israel-Palestine discourse, which makes them all the more attractive thinkers to disillusioned Diaspora Jews.

For years a feeling of rootlessness has been gnawing quietly at me, until one day I realize: I am homeless. Los Angeles does not feel like home despite having been raised here, despite having had my own children here.

At your Seder tell the story, ask the four questions, engage in lively conversations and consider a fifth question: Why? Why did God free us from Egyptian slavery? 

Israel supporters living thousands of miles away may think they cannot help, but they can. Terrorism is a bloody mind game wherein psychological resilience helps quash the physical violence.