Ekev Shema Yisrael began our reading this week. But funnily enough, it wasn’t the Shema that was read. Although the second paragraph of the Shema comes at the end of this week’s portion, reminding us that we must live with responsibility and justice in the land, or we will starve. For many years we haveRead More
I cry at the movies. I have favourite musicals that I will try to visit on a regular basis in order to have a good cry. The catharsis of having a really good sob shouldn’t be underestimated. The ancient world was replete with examples of the hiring of women whose job it was to wailRead More
James Lovelock, whose Gaia theory has inspired many in the environmental and climate change movements, died this week, on his 103’rd birthday. I have quoted him many times in shiurim about the environment and climate change, as he has an interesting message for us as Jews. He said: The notion of religion becoming involved inRead More