Hukat: Serpents and Flags
"The Week One Flag Went Down and Another Went Up" is how ABC news put it,…
David LazarJune 29, 2015
Naso: Samson, the First Jewish Superhero
I'm pretty sure that it's safe to say that for us Jews, the first superhero…
David LazarMay 28, 2015
Shmini: Flames of Silence
One of the most painful and heartbreaking narratives in the Hebrew Bible was read last…
David LazarApril 18, 2015
B’shallah: Faith and Resting on Shabbat
Can you do it? Are you able to go off the grid, refrain from using…
David LazarJanuary 28, 2015
Vayehi: Finding the missing persons
A major theme in the book of Genesis, which we finish reading this Shabbat, is…
David LazarJanuary 1, 2015
Vayigash: Telling the story differently
We all tell the story differently. Whatever it was that happened to us or whatever…
David LazarDecember 25, 2014