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Deploying spiritual "weapons" to help us find strength, hope and clarity

How should we respond?

Rabbi Jacobson takes on this critical issue with passion, and presents a radically new and innovative approach to dealing with antisemitism.

No one has a right to violate in any way the body or soul of another human being.

Spiritual Antidotes to the Coronavirus

Just as each person is composed of two elements, the body and soul, which we must learn to fully integrate, man and woman are the two elements of humankind.

Why is sexuality so powerful? Intimacy is a celebration of vulnerability; it touches the softest part in each person, the most private and fragile part of a human being.

The role of government is to strike a balance between individual rights and the greater good of the community. Yet no political system has been able to perfect this balance.

Technology taps the Divine forces present in nature from the moment of creation.

Using “religion” to justify one’s bigotry might be the greatest and saddest distortion of a Divine ideal.

Education is not just learning the skills to make a living; it is learning to understand life itself.

A gift from G-d, your body is a vehicle for your soul. Thus, while one must exercise the body, one should never worship it.

The artist’s genius lies in the ability to bypass the externals and perceive the essence. This too is the goal of a mitzvah.

Some events are current with eternal consequences. Other events are eternal with current consequences.