“All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren’t noticing, which makes you see something that isn’t even visible” — Leo Strauss “Be

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” —Mahatma Gandhi Over two centuries have passed in our story from the close of Bereshit.

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson As we close the book of Bereshit this

 “If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” — John F. Kennedy The awkwardness of engaging with those whom we

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. — Eleanor Roosevelt The beauty and significance of Hanuka is often eclipsed by the famous eight-day miracle of the

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even

“And Yaakob was left alone — and a man wrestled with him until the coming up of dawn…when he saw that he could not prevail against him…he said to him

The dream that Yaakob has at the opening of this week’s parasha presents him with a vision of the the world that deeply affects him. In his dream he sees

In Perashat Toledot we read of the birth of our forefather Yaakob and his twin brother Esav. Theirs is a complex relationship filled with strife and difficulty. The strife runs