Jacques Pauw's The President's Keepers can fill one with despair;

or

it can infuse one with hope, humility and the challenge to emulate a new league of Moral heroes.

Yes, I thought long and hard about reading Jacques Pauw's book. What would it tell me? That our president...

 Whoever has the ability to protest against the members of his household, and doesn’t, is caught up with the members of his household. Whoever has the ability to protest against the members of his city, and doesn’t, is caught up with the members of his city. Whoever ha...

How a democratic organisation can become a tyrrany.

Elie Wiesel's electric words from his 1986 Nobel acceptance speech echoed so powerfully for me today, "Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Today we learned that in the ANC: 

• You can violate your...

We expect evil to look terrifying;  but most evil is terrifyingly bland.

One of the questions we deal with in the aftermath of the Holocaust is: who were the people who committed such terrible deeds? Were they all psychopaths? How can a man get up in the morning, have b...

 A morsel for your table this Tu Bishvat - when you eat your date!

Pictured above is a Jewish Date Palm.

Why Jewish? Because it was frozen in time for 2000 years. It was found, as a date pit, by Dr. Yigael Yadin when excavating Masada and then planted, 2000 years after t...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. 

Santayana.

The Yolocaust project was a true shock to the system. Brilliant and provocative, it gained prominence over the past months in the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israeli artist...

We need to pursue the other side of the story;

especially when we disagree

This past week saw a partial fallout in South Africa from Resolution 2334's condemnation of Israeli settlements as violations of international law, of which we're sure to see more. On South Africa...

Prayer is about expanding our horizons;

and impelling us to act.

At the moment, I'm reviewing the Talmud Tractate of B'rachot. It contains a tapestry of thoughts which touch on the heart of what Jewish prayer is.

A revealing episode concerns the king, Chizkiyahu, an...

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For those who are new to my horizons or to the Maharal or any of my other projects, it's great to connect with you. 

My journey has led me on some enchanting paths with fascinating mentors. The site introduces some of my writing...