Shoftim: Opening the Gates of the Heart
Torah Turns to Restorative Justice
Torah at the Intersection
Each week I explore a section of the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, through the lens of spirituality and social justice, connecting its wisdom to Nonviolent Communication, Buddhism, and other major streams of transformation.
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Re’eh: Looking Deeply, Seeing Clearly
Choosing
Eikev/The Paths of Love and Violence are Interconnected
Torah, NVC and Buddhism Suggest a Way Through
Shifting from Blame and Anger :Vaetchanan
The Promised Land Opens to Us by Understanding that it is Something to Live, Not Possessed
Is Torah Advocating for or Cautioning Against the Supremacy of One Tribe
One More River to Cross/Dvarim/Deuteronomy
Matot and Masei: Is Torah Advocating for or Warning against Tribal Revenge and Genocide?
The Shocking Conclusion of Torah's Book of Numbers, the Book of the Wilderness
Pinchas: Torah Presents Divergent Models of Leadership when Belonging is Threatened
Pinchas and the Daughters of Zelophehed/Torah at the Intersection
Chukat and Balak: Putting down the Rod of Revenge to use Words of Love
This week Torah features colorful seemingly unrelated stories in the Book of Numbers, the chronicle of a people’s labyrinth-like wandering in bewilderment through life’s desert.
Challenging the Caste System, the Academy and the Decree of Death in the Wilderness
Korach/Freedom from the paradigm of Submission or Rebellion
Torah Celebrates Diversity
Shelach Lecha/Do we Embrace Diversity and Cooperation-or Perish in Bewilderment?