May 10, 20207 minFreedom, climate change and the Pandemic“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” So begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book “The Social Contract.” I’ve been thinking abou...
Feb 24, 201912 minBrick Factories, Modern Slavery, and Immigration from Rural VillagesAll over Nepal and India, brick factories rise up whenever there are patches of open land near a large city such as Kathmandu. Work migra...
Feb 14, 20198 minThe Art of Living How Ethiopian Israelis became Masters of Living on Less There is an art to living on 2500 shekels a month, and many within the Ethiopian ...
Feb 6, 20193 minWe don’t need experts to know about climate change We can learn all we need to know about global warming from subsistence farmers struggling for survival I learned the most about climate c...
Feb 6, 20196 minIts About Politics, Money, and Tycoons, Mr. Presidenthttps://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-shimon-peres/ Accepting a lavish Bank Hapoalim salary revealed a shocking disconnect fr...
Feb 6, 201913 minThe Torah of Globalization What guidance can the Jewish tradition, from the Bible onwards, give to us in the age of Neo-Liberal economic globalization? Although his...
michaodenheimer May 10, 2020 7 min Freedom, climate change and the Pandemic “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” So begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book “The Social Contract.” I’ve been thinking abou...
- Dec 19, 2019 5 min Language, Prayer, Compassion, Interpretation Happy Chanuka! What follows are some words of Torah that I offered on Saturday night in honor of the 25th anniversary of the passing of m...