In this week’s Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel for the sin of worshipping the Golden Calf. Moses intercedes and convinces God not to carry out that destructive plan ...

I just finished teaching a six-week course that was an introduction to the Talmud. Having spent years in its study, it was a chance for me to see it with new eyes. A teacher must be in touch with the ...

Photo by Sharon Santema, courtesy of Unsplash. In the second week of his 30-day Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius Loyola proposes that the retreatant imagine the Trinity gazing down upon all of humanity.