Recently Peter Vest, author of Orthodox Messianic Judaism, reviewed my book, Give Me A Place Where I May Dwell. His is the first critical review
מַצּוֹת It was in May of 1986 that I first visited the great World War I battlefield at Verdun. Along with Auschwitz, Verdun is on
Last week a reader asked a very important question. It is so important that I want to share it: A friend introduced me to your
פֶּסַח Professor J.R.R. Tolkien insisted that there was no hidden meaning behind his works on Middle Earth. Such was his assertion in his Foreword to The
וַיִּקְרָא A standard feature of civilization is the rules of the house, the guidelines by which a person can be welcomed into and remain peacefully
תְּצַוֶּה One of the compelling images I recall from childhood is the opening scene of Branded. This Western TV drama starred Chuck Connors as a
תְּרִוּמָה Raiders of the Lost Ark did not launch the film career of Harrison Ford, but it did bring him his first top billing as
בְּשַׁלַּח The “snake oil salesman” is another of those characters to whom writers and performers have turned for an endless source of entertainment. Perhaps he
וַיֵּרָא One of those cultural icons of the post-modern era is Gary Larson’s cartoon series, The Far Side. Larson retired the series in 1995 after
וַיִּגַּשׁ It has been more than 500 years since Christopher Columbus mistakenly identified the indigenous peoples of the Americas as “Indians”, and yet that name