Criticism of Israel
Sunday, April 2, 2023
by Rabbi David Zaslow The problem with criticism of Israel is not the criticism, per se. The problem is lack of contextualization, inaccurate comparisons, and exaggerated or misused…
Sunday, April 2, 2023
by Rabbi David Zaslow The problem with criticism of Israel is not the criticism, per se. The problem is lack of contextualization, inaccurate comparisons, and exaggerated or misused…
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
by David Zaslow The light of you bent back,reflected from a far staryears away has reachedmy eyes today seen onlyin the darkness of the night tonight. I swear…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
by Rabbi David Zaslow When I see the lightthat shines on you,what I see nowis stored in me as memory.Someday (a long time off please God)one of us…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
by Rabbi David Zaslow with help from Devorah Zaslow In the Kaballah, the force of expansion is represented by Hesed, and personified by the angel Michael. In the…
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
by Rabbi David Zaslow כִּי עֲנַן יְהוָה עַל-הַמִּשְׁכָּן יוֹמָם וְאֵשׁ תִּהְיֶה לַיְלָה בּוֹ לְעֵינֵי כָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכָל מַסְעֵיהֶם For the cloud of the YHVH was upon the…
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The Way Moses and Rev. King Faced Pharaoh by Rabbi David Zaslow Adapted from an essay in Reimagining Exodus: A Freedom Story Listen to any of Rev. Martin…
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Pharaoh’s National Repentance Movement by Rabbi David Zaslow from Reimagining Exodus: A Freedom Story Exodus 9:27–28: “Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said to them, ‘This time…
Monday, January 1, 2018
The Seder As a Template by Rabbi David Zaslow Excepted from Reimagining Exodus: A Freedom Story On Friday, December 30, 1994, I drove to Canterbury, a beautiful 48-acre…
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Responding to Anti-Semitism By Rabbi David Zaslow Anti-Semitism, like all prejudices, is an equal opportunity yetzer ha-ra, “ evil inclination.” Today it afflicts people on the far left…
Thursday, October 30, 2014
by Rabbi David Zaslow The cultural shift from shepherding to private property, farming, and ranching had immense ramifications for the rest of the world, and all this is…