Sublime

The existence of Jews in any society is a reminder that freedom is possible, but only with responsibility—and that freedom without responsibility is no freedom at all.

The Torah seeks to imbue time with this dimension of holiness so that the uniqueness of the human being will be sustained by the temporal reality.

The covenantal way depends for its effectiveness on the continuing recruitment of new generations to keep the human chain going.

in the twenty-first century—a Judaism that has been undersold and watered down. It is a Judaism where those who know its beauty are often unable or unwilling to connect to the larger Jewish community, and those on the front lines of the welcome wagon to Judaism have little skill or facility with Jewish texts to elucidate their beauty to others.

Fatefully, Jews became ambivalent about themselves. Thus the conflicted modern Jewish identity was born.

Choosing to become holy means that humans now join—consciously, covenantally—in the process of perfecting

become Judaism’s most controversial proposition: that since mankind in its diversity cannot be reduced to a single image, so God cannot be reduced to a single faith or language. God exists in difference and thus chooses as His witness a people dedicated to difference.

Among American Jews, there is a significant demand for meaningful, engaged Jewish life.