Published on November 6th, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
A few weeks ago the Jewish world — or those parts of it that pay attention to these kinds of things — was put on high alert by the announcements of the results of the Pew Research Center’s... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
A couple of months ago, a New York Times article caught my eye: “Breeding Nutrition out of Food.” (click here to read it). Apparently, before agriculture, veggies were bitter, but they were much more nutritious. We... Read More →
Published on August 6th, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
Natan’s article on Shmita was published on the Sova Project website. Click the link below to read more! What can we, in our present moment of great environmental, social and economic peril and also enormous and... Read More →
Published on May 21st, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
In our weekly Torah cycle, we are now reading the Book of Numbers. In Hebrew the name of the book is BaMidbar, which translates as “in the desert.” So, why do we call it in English... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
At the Passover Seder we do a lot of talking and a lot of eating. Over the centuries, the Jewish people have found that this combination of food and talk makes for a great ritual: somewhere... Read More →
Published on March 7th, 2013 | by Natan Margalit
There’s a guy driving his car in New York City. He has a very important meeting to get to and he can’t find a parking space. Desperate, he starts praying to God. “Please, God, find me... Read More →