Devarim >>
Date: 2019-09-26 | Id: rdw3

Dear Friends, The Book of Deuteronomy (“Devarim” in Hebrew) has always sounded to me like a parent putting their kid on the bus for summer camp. Just as parents use the last minutes before the bus pulls away to remind their kids of all the important lessons they ever learned ...

Reviving the Dead >>
Date: 2015-04-27 | Id: rdw29

From the Torah to contemporary novels, we Jews know that stories have power. They teach better than most other kinds of lessons because they put the message – the mashal – in the context of real people. No great news flash there. What I didn’t realize about stories is their power to revive the dead.

A NIGHTTIME CONCERT >>
Date: 2015-05-20 | Id: rdw28

As evening fell the heat of the day eased.