If this life is the only life we know, how do we find comfort after loss? Death has always defined the human condition, but are we any better at dealing with it after all this time? How we remember can make all the difference. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add…
Our problems are so large, and our powers seem so limited – what can one person or one community do? Facing earlier tragedies, the Jewish people trusted both supernatural providence and human effort. What must we do for human power to be enough for us. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3]…
Reading and interpretation of Viktor Frankel’s Man’s Search for Meaning [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)
The Jews have been called “the ever-dying people.” Each generation is convinced it is the last. Yet we are still here and, like our ancestors, we must answer new challenges. Balancing continuity and change is a Jewish tradition and a key to Jewish survival. As is hope. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes….
Reading, translation and interpretation of passage from Deuteronomy. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)
It’s been said that “war is the continuation of politics by other means.” Today politics IS war: opponents are enemies, issues are black or white, the other side is not just wrong but evil. In Israel, in America, in Europe, civil society strains at the seams. We have also seen this story before, and we…
Babylonian Talmud [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)
Public expressions of hate are rising, and a rising tide lifts all bigotries. Even if numbers remain small, the haters are louder and bolder. Synagogue (and mosque and church) shootings, antisemitic cartoons, discrimination by both Christian foster care agencies and Dyke Marches – we have seen this before and had hoped never again. Why now?…
The rumble in the desert between siblings. Why is it us vs. them? Who are the Goyim? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)
In a post-modern, post-revelation world, defining good and evil is challenging and yet necessary. Can we admit when we have done wrong, and can we accept when our opponents do right? What is an honest difference of opinion, and what is truly evil that must be resisted? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes….