In Elliot Malamets latest blog he discusses the “Law of Triviality,” which asserted that the amount of time spent discussing an issue within an organization ran in inverse proportion to its actual importance. When the world is shuddering under the press of weightier matters we choose to talk about trivial things instead of discussing the important issues due to lack of understanding.
Love plays a significant role in the complex month of Av. Ganga Devi, Bluth, and guest Idan Lumi explore love of self, love of others, and love of the divine as they delve into the significance of the month of Av.
This week’s episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of Across the Sea, a podcast about mental health and Judaism. Guests Rabbi Rachel Rosenbluth and Micki Lavin-Pell discuss dating and building healthy relationships while Jewish.
This episode of Sacred Time is centred on the rich history of Tammuz, the nature of trauma, and the acts of reflection and integration. This is a sacred time of mourning a time when we give space to anger and despair. But it also has much to teach us about how to heal.
Much of contemporary life is organized around making us desire things we do not need. How do we break the cycle of false desire and its twin sister, incessant complaining? There are two key steps, renunciation and gratitude. In this blog Dr. Malamet discusses how we can break the cycle and be grateful for all that we have.
As we welcome the month of Av, we are featuring poet, Ester Eckhaus, whose words bring us in introspection and prayer, to guide us in the tenderness and pain of this month of mourning.
You might think that “ethics of war” is a contradiction in terms, but warfare is a rich subject when it comes to discussing ethical considerations. In this episode, we explore the contemporary ethics of war. Proportionality, collateral damage, and just cause are just a few of the complex topics explored in this thought-provoking episode.