Sholom B. Lipskar

Under America’s criminal justice system, we have incarcerated more than two million of our fellow citizens in federal, state and county facilities. In contrast, the concept of prison does not appear anywhere in Judaism...

The Talmud teaches that the metzorah is considered like a dead person, why?

The verse “Be wholehearted with G-d” is interpreted as a commandment not to probe into the future, but to put our faith and trust in G d. What's wrong with doing that?

As we approach the holiday of Shavuot, we must prepare ourselves to receive the Torah anew. How is the Torah relevant in our modern world and what does it mean to us?

As we reflect upon the horrors of the Holocaust, we ask ourselves what is the most appropriate way to memorialize the six million precious souls who perished in the Holocaust?

The seemingly “irrational” laws of the metzorah, a man with a supernatural skin disease, shed light on the special soul/body relationship.

The Torah portion of Pekudei brings the book of Exodus to a close; why does it end on such a “mundane” note – the accounting of the contributions for the sanctuary?

The divine instruction to construct the Tabernacle is a blueprint for spiritualizing the material world.

The difference in the outlook of Darwin’s theory of evolution vs. a purpose driven approach of creationism; and how this affects morality today.

A discussion of the apparent contradictions between Torah and science and the relationship between them.