Recent Writings
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Is there a place for feminism in the Middle East today?
Read more →: Is there a place for feminism in the Middle East today?On Tuesday morning I attended with several of our ITJ students an “Exclusive Women’s Breakfast” organised by Sharon Wapnick, WIZO. Dr Einat Wilf, the invited guest speaker, led…
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ParashatToldot: Isaac represents the ideal – the messianic world
Read more →: ParashatToldot: Isaac represents the ideal – the messianic worldThis week’s Torah portion begins with the phrase, V’eileh toldot Yitzchak ben Avraham, “This is the line of Isaac son of Abraham” (Genesis 25:19), indicating that the text…
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“Charter of Compassion”
Read more →: “Charter of Compassion”Last Tuesday I was invited to Radio Today to take part in a discussion about “Charter of Compassion” with Gillian Godsell and Archdeacon Michelle Pilet from the Anglican Church…
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Allow ourselves to take time and go for a check- up
Read more →: Allow ourselves to take time and go for a check- upThere so many subjects that I could write about this week: 20 years since Itzhak Rabin was murdered, America’s main modern Orthodox rabbinical association voted last week to ban women…
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Parashat Chayei Sarah: Honouring our matriarchs
Read more →: Parashat Chayei Sarah: Honouring our matriarchsHave you noticed how “matriarchal” Genesis is? It is true that the “founders” of Judaism are the three patriarchs – three men – but it was their mothers…
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Women of the Wall are no threat
Read more →: Women of the Wall are no threatA haredi Orthodox lawmaker in Israel compared the Women of the Wall organization to the Muslim Murabitat, a banned group of women who harass Jewish visitors to the…
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Parashat Vayera: Say no, and stand for it!
Read more →: Parashat Vayera: Say no, and stand for it!Our parashah for this Shabbat continues with report of Abraham’s and Sarah’s journey. Both welcome the three unknown visitors and learn from them that Sarah will soon bear…
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Changing lives, one light at a time
Read more →: Changing lives, one light at a time“Mitzvah”, a wonderfully expressive Hebrew word, has two distinct meanings. The first is a commandment of the Jewish law; the second is a meritorious or charitable act. For…
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Parashat Lech Lecha: A life changer
Read more →: Parashat Lech Lecha: A life changerThe Torah tells us very little about Abram’s early life. We are only informed that he and Sarai, along with his nephew Lot, were brought by his father,…
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Parashat Noach: He was a righteous man
Read more →: Parashat Noach: He was a righteous manHave you asked yourself how life would be for you if you were born into a different time? Somewhere in the past or in the future? Would you…
