Sublime

The Rabbis’ fundamental theological breakthrough was a “secularization” insight. God was becoming less visible, more hidden. The Destruction was a signal that manifest divine activity was being curtailed. God would not stop the Romans or save the Temple (even though God had destroyed the Egyptians at the Red Sea). Still the covenant was not being d

By living everyday life with a dimension of depth, people become at once more human and more holy.

If the pursuit of a lasting peace could no longer be many Israelis’ source of inspiration and meaning, they would have to turn elsewhere.

Driven by the dissonance of the continued existence of a suffering world in which abuse of power remained unchecked, Christians ended up changing the very notion of messianism. They translated the concept of messianic redemption into a state of personal salvation, thus removing it from the realm of history. In coming up with this solution, they wer

Through the Jewish way of life and the holidays, the Torah seeks to nurture the infinite love and unending faith needed to sustain people until perfection is achieved.

Through Shavuot, Jewish people reaffirm their destiny as the people of the Unfinished Covenant, the carriers of the once and future redemption.

When the imposed holiness of asceticism is removed, there is the challenge and the choice of finding the sacred amidst plenty and pleasure.

But in general, the Jewish way implies the need and willingness to go into and through many cultures—participating, learning, filtering, incorporating, handling.

humans are the carriers of the divine message; the secular is the theater of religious action.