Reading the feminine voices into Kohelet
Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) is best understood in the negative space, in the missing voices. Kohelet is a choir of voices trying to make...
Klavan’s Conversion and Kol Nidre
Kol Nidre is the prelude to the Yom Kippur prayers. Lewis Black called it the spookiest piece of music ever written. The tune and setting...
History, written by survivors
Like the blind man who was handed a piece of matzah, I read Kinot (Lamentations) and wonder “Who writes this sh*t?” Starving mothers...
The religious zealot’s tragedy
“Why are you here, Eliyahu?” A lifetime of religious passion culminating in a miraculous stand on Har Carmel has accomplished nothing....
10 Reasons Trump Will Win
It’s Trump’s world, we’re just living in it. Here’s why he’ll win: 1. Riots and Terrorism If peace breaks out in the Middle East,...
The Realignment
When the dust clears, the Republican party will be the party of the middle class while the Democrats will be the party of the rich, poor,...
#TeamCap, #TeamStark and Donald Trump
“The more that people like [Trump] spout off .. characters like Captain America become more important.” That’s from Captain America:...
The Passover story’s amazing story
The Passover story tells of our liberation from Egypt through great drama and public miracles. But the story of the Passover story is...
The Party of JFK, Reagan and Bill Clinton
If GOP’s small government era ends tonight, or in Cleveland, the dream will go on. I’m ideologically descended from those, like Reagan,...
If You Write My Story
“First, I want to thank you. I didn’t choose to devote my life to helping people who are grieving, so I’d like to thank those of you who...