Within each one of us is a longing for recognition by and connection with others. It is the flame of love, an incandescence stoked daily by how we treat one another.… Read More

Offering up our animal self for the sake of the sacred makes it more possible to be close not only to God but also to one another.… Read More

The journey to freedom involves dismantling a structure based on fears, suppression and lack of empathy and building with others one based on love, embrace and an awareness of the multi-faceted nature of life.… Read More

Freedom is a creative act involving the ability to listen to multiple and even conflicting points of view with empathy while working together on a joint project. It is public art.… Read More

To bring body and spirit into harmony creates peace for the individual and for the community a wellspring of love.… Read More

We are artists, working to refine and repurpose materials of our everyday selves into something transcendent and sanctifying.… Read More

A readiness for a new way of living is a precondition for receiving guidance and instructions that will change one’s life.… Read More

The moment at Mount Sinai is one of birthing pressure, designed to bring forth from the community and from each individual a higher level of initiative, creativity and responsibility…the foundations of freedom.… Read More

To be free requires unshackling ourselves from the hold of the past and its limitations upon us.… Read More

Torah uses images of weight to paint a picture of the Israelites in exile in Egypt. They are “pressed down upon,” taskmasters are “put on them,” they are “compelled to serve.” Bent over, they trample straw into the mud to make bricks.… Read More