The fracturing of old ways reveals the ambiguity of life that has always been present. To become an active member of a community of interpreters involves the obligation to growth truth.… Read More

We are very proud to have helped bring Salvador Dali’s 25-piece series aliyah to the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education… Read More

Torah’s mission is not to lift people up to heaven; it is to bring heaven down to earth. The mundane becomes the pathway to the sacred.… Read More

To confront our fears and our weaknesses is the work of heroes. It is how we get home, to a life undivided and sovereign.… Read More

The true measure of freedom is the extent of our obligation to one another.… Read More

The book of Numbers tests our ability to weave the bewildering threads of life into a fabric of beauty, dignity and meaning. … Read More

Torah is not a call to perfection. It is a summons to a life of ongoing improvement, for the sake of all. It is a call to liberty and its responsibilities.… Read More

To locate oneself in the story is to also discover that the story is inside oneself. And then one can begin to shape the narrative anew.… Read More

A longing to reconnect intimately with the world and those around us after we have experienced profound loss is part of a sacred journey. It sets us underway once again.… Read More

Boundary-breaking encounters bring us in touch with both the power of creation and the possibility of oblivion. Rituals of embrace protect us and help our survival and return.… Read More