Torah and Art

Torah reminds us that there are more sides to any story than there appear to be at first reading. This is true even about a text as...

The header of this blog includes the picture “Torah” by Norman Gorbaty, also shown above. A swirling vortex of energy, emanating perhaps...

Poor Adam and Eve. They thought that paradise was about doing nothing. Just lounge around and eat the fruitful bounty. They failed to...

There are moments in Torah that crack open the portal that seems to separate dimensions. That unlock the gates between heaven and earth....

Sometimes it takes a while, sometimes a very long while, to understand what Torah is saying to us. We may even need insights and...

Torah is such a playful companion. It puns and teases. Tells stories and often changes a few details, just to see if we were paying...

Torah is too wise to declare there is such a thing as "the" beginning. With its very first word, b'reishit, Torah denies us the...

In just a few days I will go on a 2-month sabbatical from my congregation to study some art history. I will explore the relationship...