This week U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who shot and killed nine people at a Charleston, SC church last year. Whether you believe in the death penalty or not, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, decisions around the death penalty should not be driven by politics, but rather “by the awareness of what it means to take another life because the life we are taking has taken yet other lives.”
Brock Allen Turner And Guilt Vs. Responsibility
Is there a perspective being lost in this discussion around Brock Allen Turner guilt in his campus rape? Once we assign blame, what comes next?
Why We Should Be Proud Of Pride
In the spiritual world, pride gets a bad rap. How, then, can one balance the value of humility with pride?
Sex With God
A new study says those who are religious can either have great or lesser sexual satisfaction based on how they live out their sex lives. But the lessons in this study go beyond religious identity.
What’s Natural Isn’t Always What’s Right
After hearing some horrible news recently, Peter Himmelman was overwhelmed with the desire to kill… and hidden in that desire was a deep lesson about what is actually “right” when it comes to morality.
The Subtle Lesson of Zootopia: Slow Down
The quiet hero in Zootopia, and what we can all learn from his… slow… ways…
This Isn’t Really About Harambe
All the outrage over the shooting of Harambe the gorilla has me thinking that there must be something deeper going on than what we perceive.
Moving On: A Meditation On Divorce
Is it possible to feel rooted while going through divorce? Rabbi Rachel Barenblat meditates on her own experience, and what she’s learned in the process.
What Movies And TV Shows Can Teach Us About Redemption
The redemption story is as old as time. Let’s examine it in the modern-day retellings on the screen.