Published on March 26th, 2018 | by Natan Margalit
After hearing the speeches given by brave, heart-broken teenagers at the March for Our Lives rallies, my heart can’t help but be broken as well. The plague of gun violence in this country is out of... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2018 | by Natan Margalit
Purim is a dangerous holiday. That’s probably why we in the Jewish community often trivialize it and pretend it’s just a kid’s holiday where the children dress up like Mordechai and Esther and we eat hamentashen... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2018 | by Natan Margalit
This article originally appeared in Tikkun. “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts” is an old adage, but it could be one of the most important keys to a healthy, meaningful life. People... Read More →
Published on December 28th, 2017 | by Natan Margalit
I just saw the latest Star Wars movie with my family. It was very exciting and entertaining. But beyond that, I’ve always felt that the amazing popularity of the Star Wars series has been in part... Read More →
Published on December 19th, 2017 | by Natan Margalit
There is a hymn with a beautiful melody that many Jewish groups have been borrowing from our Christian neighbors in recent years that begins, “Oh Lord, prepare me, to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried... Read More →
Published on November 24th, 2017 | by Natan Margalit
Take a good look at American society today and you see both dysfunctional, shortsighted, thinking, and, if you look, you can see a new kind of thinking that takes the whole picture into account. On the... Read More →
Published on October 20th, 2017 | by Natan Margalit
This week’s Torah portion, Noah, starts out (Genesis 6:9) with one of those extra words that rabbis and commentators just can’t leave alone: we’ve got to understand why the Torah put in an extra word when it didn’t need... Read More →
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