What Does Martin Buber Have to Do With “Will & Grace"? Rabbi Dennis S. Ross September 26, 2017 Did the television series “Will & Grace,” now returning to prime-time, get its name from Jewish scholar Martin Buber’s 1923 classic work, I and Thou?
Passover If You Were a Kitchen Utensil, What Would You Be? Rabbi Dennis S. Ross April 13, 2017 The rabbis of Pirkei Avot bring us four kinds of students, and the Mishnah goes on to compare each one to a different kitchen utensil.
Ten Minutes of Torah To See Spirituality Every Day, Look to Martin Buber's Teachings Rabbi Dennis S. Ross March 16, 2017 Spirituality thrives in homes, offices, and synagogues, hiding in plain sight -- in small talk, and in extended conversations. Jewish thinker Martin Buber called this spirituality “I-Thou.”
Ten Minutes of Torah Now Is the Time to Step Forward to Protect Reproductive Rights Rabbi Dennis S. Ross January 17, 2017 With the 44th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision approaching, let’s turn to a page in history that led to legal abortion.
Yom Kippur When Can We Lie With a Clear Conscience? Rabbi Dennis S. Ross September 27, 2016 I'm often asked, “Now that you’ve written about lying, do you tell fewer lies?” What nerve!
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