by Fred Guttman and Robert Wineburg | Feb 26, 2021 | Opinion
Judaism’s foremost physician made clear that providing health care to the community is fundamentally connected to the spiritual and moral health of society. “Realizing this amazing matter that hurts the eyes,” Maimonides wrote 850 years ago, “I undertook to gather...
by Fred Guttman | Feb 17, 2021 | Opinion
How does one really live a holy life? That significant question is raised in Leviticus 19, known as “the Holiness Code.” The rabbis describe this chapter of the Pentateuch as “Rov Goofay Hatorah,” the essentials of the Torah. In many ways, this portion...
by Colin Harris | Oct 16, 2020 | Opinion
The year was 20 – not 2020, just 20. Two thousand years ago, long before the issues dominating our headlines and news cycles were anywhere close to the horizon, there was a faith community with a covenant deeply rooted in a long history. On the edge of a mighty empire...
by Jack Moline | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
When I was a college student, I flirted with calling myself a pacifist. It was a time of upheaval in this country, and I was anxious to ride the peace train. What changed my mind, in the end, was an essay by a rabbinical scholar who challenged the notion of absolute...
by Jack Moline | Apr 21, 2020 | Opinion
I must admit that my first experiences with interfaith engagement were selfish. I was at the age when matters I considered as affronts to Jewish people and Jewish religion animated my outreach. Active proselytizing by other faiths during the 1970s seemed to me to be...
