Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 25, 2020
The poet Yehuda Amichai writes: A hymn of remembrance for those who died in war. Even the remembering generation dwindles and dies, half [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 22, 2020
Our Elderly When Moses descends Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments and observes the Israelites worshipping the Golden Calf, he throws down the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 21, 2020
Great Minds Don’t Always Think Alike The title above was the tagline of an ad campaign promoting one of the world’s most prominent [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Bamidbar: The Book of Numbers* The fourth of the five books of the Torah, Bamidbar (“wilderness”), is a book about history and law. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Consider Reaching Out to Your Sibling In a recent discussion about sibling relationships, our weekly class read a poignant story about Rabbi Michael [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 18, 2020
Moses and Churchill Erik Larson’s newly released The Splendid and the Vile chronicles Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister. While Churchill found the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 15, 2020
In a provocative article, New York University philosophy professor Samuel Scheffler proclaims that he unequivocally believes in life after death. He asserts that he [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 14, 2020
In a graduation speech at Kenyon College, the American author David Foster Wallace tells the following familiar parable: There are these two young [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Nature is back! As human beings have retreated into our “caves,” the bears and bobcats are out in Yosemite, the birds are nesting [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 12, 2020
There’s a podcast called “Rough Translation” that explores the many ways that we humans don’t understand one another. In this episode, the host explores the profound [...]