All posts tagged "Jewish spirituality"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Kiddush Hashem ( the sanctification of God’s name) in a Complicated World

     Last month, Rabbi Sacks visited communities in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Speaking at the Beit Knesset Feigenson, Rabbi Sacks delivered a lecture where he explored the...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXXI) Isaiah

    Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham .   In his three following chapters (7-10) the...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Surviving Failure – Vayechi

     By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Bereishit ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. His brothers were afraid...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Unexpected Leader – Vayigash

  By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.  I was once present when the great historian of Islam, Bernard Lewis, was asked to predict the course...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXX) Isaiah

      Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham .   The vision of Isaiah in Heaven is...

• Guest Contributors

  The Two Faces of Messianism

     (Adapted by the Author from “Du-Partsufin shel ha-meshihiyut,” which first appeared in Bezalel Naor, Avirin [Jerusalem, 5740/1980], pp. 16-24) Copyright ©...

• Algemeiner News Service

  Jewish Meditation: The Daily Practice of Giving Thanks

   Meditation. Photo: Moyan Brenn (http://bit.ly/1bblSdI) on Flickr’s Creative Commons. “In my youth the Beatles, notably George Harrison, introduced us to Transcendental Meditation...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXIX) Isaiah

     Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham .   We indicated in the beginning of these...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Power of Dreams – Mikketz

     In one of the greatest transformations in all literature, Joseph moves in one bound from prisoner to prime minister. What was...

• Steve

  Stories of the Baal Shem Tov for Chanukah

     The Baal Shem Tov had a special custom when the month of Kislev arrived. In the evening, he would gather together...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXVIII) Isaiah

      Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham . Our consciousness faces devastation with ego’s fantasies...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Power of Praise – Vayeshev

    Art By Phillip Ratner. Commentary by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is a global religious leader, philosopher, the author of more than...

• Blogs

  Anglo life in Tel Aviv, under one umbrella

    The Am Yisrael foundation, a new nonprofit, offers a one-stop shop of English-speaking organizations in the White City.   By Debra...

• Guest Contributors

  Majorca’s Spain’s Master Chef Returns to the Jewish people

  Majorca Spain. by Michael Freund Sitting amid a sea of Hebrew books last week at a rabbinical court near Jerusalem, Tony Pina...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Why Be Jewish?

     By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. ” The Dignity of Difference” “Judaism and Jews represent the voice of hope in the conversation among...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Be Thyself – Vayishlach

    By Rabbi Sacks. I have argued in previous years of Covenant and Conversation that the episode in which the Jewish people...

• Guest Contributors

  Joy of Israel Episode 3 – Holy Hebron and Sweet Hebron Hills

    Jamie Geller’s food and travel show takes you to Hebron. Visit MaArat HaMachpela, The Tomb of the Patriarchs and the ancient...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXVII) Isaiah

  Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham  We must always be aware that we are an...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Light in Dark Times – Vayetse

  By Rabbi Sacks. What is it that made Jacob – not Abraham or Isaac or Moses – the true father of the...

• Guest Contributors

  On Creative Minorities – Rabbi Sacks – Erasmus Lecture

  On Monday 21st October 2013, Rabbi Sacks delivered the twenty-sixth Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club in New York. Hosted by First...