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...
Feb 17, 201911 minBrilliance of the Baal Shem Tov Two hundred and fifty years after the Baal Shem Tov’s death, English readers finally have a scholarly compilation of some of his most...
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 14, 201913 minYamima Avital: First Jewish Woman Mystic with her Own Written TorahPunch Yamima Avital's name into a (Hebrew) Internet search engine and you will find forums with endless exchanges of information about...
michaodenheimerMay 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...
Micha Zvi OdenheimerDec 19, 20195 minLanguage, 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...