The current financial system is a bogus invention crafted in order to produce enormous wealth for the ruling few. The new system will benefit all Americans regardless of political affiliation. When the financial bubble popped in 2008, many people felt…
Reality caught everyone by surprise. The shock and dismay over the election of Donald Trump for president must teach us quite a few things. Reality caught everyone by surprise. Media coverage was misleading and the polls turned out to be…
This divisive election campaign is the outcome of our own egoism. If we want something else, we must change ourselves. Realizing and wanting are the keys to generating change. Good morning America. It’s Thursday, the second post election day. It’s…
America is a nation of fearless pioneers that has become stagnant and reactionary. Now it must become bold again. Whoever occupies the White House over the next four years will have a full plate. As an ontologist and kabbalist (the…
The Balfour Declaration was initiated for good reason: The people of Israel have a critical role in the history of humankind. Exactly 99 years ago, minus one day, Lord Arthur James Balfour, then Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom and…
The High Holy Days represent the transformation process from receivers to givers. At its conclusion, on the day of Simchat Torah, we celebrate the success of the shift. Tonight we are celebrating Simchat Torah (Rejoicing with the Torah), having concluded the annual…
Israel was not established to be a safe haven for Jews, but to foster a society that presents a desirable and sustainable alternative to a ruptured and hate-filled world. “The theater of the absurd at UNESCO goes on,” said Benjamin Netanyahu about…
Just as separation among us projects separation to all of humanity, unity among us will inspire the rest of the world to unite. Two years ago to the day, I published an article in The New York Times (print edition) titled, “What We Jews…
A person begins the holidays when he is fed up with life, when he feels his life is going nowhere. The month of Tishrei is very special. It is unique among the rest of the months in the sense that it succinctly…
This year, let us be “a light unto nations” for the first time in modern history. Each year, as the (usually extended) family gathers around the Rosh Hashanah table, a lively chatter fills the air. Yet, often, a very Jewish narrative takes…
There is good reason for concern for the future of Jews on American campuses. Last week’s column, New course at Berkeley University: How to get rid of Israel – Cancelled, made a lot of noise. I received quite a few emails…
The course UC Berkeley intended to offer is only the beginning of the next wave of anti-Semitism that has spread throughout US campuses. This week I learned that the prestigious UC Berkeley intended to offer this year a course on “settler colonialism”…