Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)

how can I serve God while practising my profession? It is precisely in our day-to-day relationships, at work or among friends, in our dealings with people and the integrity, sensitivity and generosity we bring to bear on them, that we most add or subtract to the respect those around us have for the values by which we live. Here, the greatest of bib

However, theologians of the other monotheistic religions find it somewhat hard to accept Judaism’s affirmation that God is not merely the source of the Torah but is also bound by it. Opponents argue that such a statement is incredibility piled on top of paradox. Would an infinite, universal, all-powerful One care enough to intervene in “trivial” hu

Within the limits of human intelligence, we can climb at least part of the way to heaven, but the purpose of the climb is the return to earth, knowing that here is where God wants us to be and where he has given us work to do. Judaism contains mysteries, but its ultimate purpose is not mysterious at all. It is to honour the image of God in other pe

it argues that there is one God and many faiths—and only one world in which to live together in peace. That means that for Judaism the great spiritual challenge is not so much finding God within oneself as finding God within the other, the stranger.