TBE Online: Week of May 17, 2020
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The Body of Torah
One of many things I love about Torah is how earthy, real and embodied she is and aspires to be. The spirituality of Jewish tradition doesn’t merely tolerate the body: Torah began with the body. (Remember Adam and Eve?) The covenant was made to connect people, flesh and blood. Spiritual principal and practice …
Beyond Ready
By Rabbi David Think back on the most awesome, sense-scrambling experiences in your life – the times that changed everything. If someone told you in advance what they’d be like – how they’d feel, what they’d mean, how you’d remember them for the rest of your life – would the telling mean much to …
Enduring Spirit
“We’re almost halfway there.” So began a recent public health message that our area is almost halfway down the covid-19 curve. Now is the time, the message urged, to keep doing what we’re doing – maintain protections, check on each other, don’t let our guard down, don’t surrender progress in flattening the curve. Instantly I thought, …
On Israel, Identity, Pride and “Exile”
By Rabbi David The display hall at the 2020 AIPAC (America-Israel Public Affairs Committee) policy conference was a wow. A massive convention center, over 700,000 square feet, filled with exhibitions about Israel’s advances in environmental protection, health, social policy, education, information technology and national defense. What other nation, I wondered, could …
From Rabbi David: On Spiritual Resilience
Los Angeles-area Rabbi Ed Feinstein tells a famous story about life in Israel after one of its many upheavals. He recounts walking in Jerusalem and seeing …
From Rabbi David: Countdown to What’s Next
Like many of us, I’m losing track of time during these weeks on lockdown. My increasingly long hair shows that it’s been …
How Can We Celebrate? (How Can’t We?)
During our first Corona Week, I wrote about the spirituality of melting down. During our second Corona Week, I wrote about the …
From Our Rabbi: Approaching Liberation
Last week, I wrote about the spirituality of melting down – that so much about our first responses to the corona crisis, and what’s been familiar about …
From Our Rabbi: The Spirituality of Melting Down
These are times that try our souls. Nobody needs me to say so. This truth is becoming even more glaringly obvious with each …