Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
December 30, 2022
ChatGPT Isn’t Good at Arguments — Can We Humans Do Better?
Artificial Intelligence can only repurpose what has already been written. Or can it?...
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Another Way Of Looking At Things, Breaking False Dichotomies, Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News |
December 28, 2022
“Sportswashing,” And The World Cup
The conflicts and joys of the recent World Cup...
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Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Compassion and Empathy, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, Longform, Mundane Into Sacred, There's More To You Than You Realize, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News |
December 15, 2022
What does it mean to have enough?
Do you really have nothing?...
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Breaking False Dichotomies, Daily Life, Hold Dualities Together, Inspiring Story, Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Weekly Parsha, Wisdom Warehouse |
November 11, 2022
“Birah Doleket”
Monday night, I saw Ani DiFranco in concert. For those of you who don’t have lyrics from “If He Tries Anything” as your yearbook quote, she’s a folk rock singer-songwriter whose powerful lyrics about feminism, abortion rights, and fighting oppression have buoyed many Gen X and elder Millennial feminists. She was like a beloved older cousin who taught me that being fierce, feminist, and angry were a-okay – and, in fact, that anger was an appropriate response to the world around me. The last time I saw her live was in 2004......
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Spirituality & Faith, This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized |
November 10, 2022
Witnessing Evangelical Awe in Israel
Removing the gaps between faiths that can lead to Antisemitism...
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Book Club, Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Compassion for difficulties, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
October 20, 2022
Building Peace, One Powerful Personal Story At A Time
The only people now who are deliberately and seriously working for peace are the peacebuilders...
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This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized |
September 20, 2022
Why do we need Moses to keep talking?
According to the commentator, Nachmanides, Moses finishes reviewing the commandments and stipulations of the Torah by Deuteronomy 26:16. This already comes most of the way through a book of the Torah that some commentators view as a recapitulation of the other four books – and which some contemporary scholars view as a later addition altogether. So why are we here, three chapters after the most generous reading of the Book of Deuteronomy indicates Moses has fully conveyed the content of the Torah? Why is Moses relating a review of a review within......
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There’s something about whisky and story-telling that makes them a special kind of blend. In any setting where a ‘wee dram’ (a small pour) is shared, conversation flows. If you’ve ever been to a whisky tasting seminar, the story of the whisky is an important part of understanding the liquid in the glass. I’m a Rabbi and also an amateur whisky enthusiast. In the midst of the pandemic, when connecting with others to share a dram and some stories, the sharing took place on Zoom and in the Clubhouse audio app. I......
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