In some ways, the more you understand Western culture, the more difficult it is to understand Chanukah. As children, we were taught a...

An excerpt from my recent Lehrhaus article on Jewish curiosity: Extensive research has established the fascinating connection between...

Experiencing the Divine play... This period between the holidays of Purim and Passover has always struck me as a difficult transition....

“There the ships go, and Leviathan that You formed to play with.” (Psalms 104:26) The Talmud describes the Leviathan as an apocalyptic...

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have, it buys at the cost of soul. -Heraclitus We all want...

What three painters taught me about the art of living playfully. The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a...

Philo of Alexandria’s writings feel surprisingly modern for a philosopher who lived over two thousand years ago. Although he had a major...

As a child, I was always in my head, inventing characters and quests in enchanted worlds. I would run around the backyard, swinging a...