Occupation: Rabbi Birth: March 8, 1948
Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean..
The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image..
In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel..
Anti-Semitism is best understood as a virus. It has no logic. Jews were hated because they were rich and because they were poor; because they were ca….
Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share..
There's always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope..
God has given us many faiths but only one world in which to co-exist. May your work help all of us to cherish our commonalities and feel enlarged by ….
Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-….
When everything that matters can be bought and sold, when commitments can be broken because they are no longer to our advantage, when shopping become….
When money rules, we remember the price of things and forget the value of things, and that is dangerous..
To defend a country, you need an army, but to defend a civilization, you need education....
The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game..
I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty..
We should challenge the relativism that tells us there is no right or wrong, when every instinct of our mind knows it is not so, and is a mere excuse….
Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or….
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to other….
We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve h….
The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God's image in someone who is not in my image, who language, faith, ide….
A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not..
The idols of today are unmistakable - self-esteem without achievement, sex without consequences, wealth without responsibility, pleasure without str….
Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy..