KASHRUT VS. UNIVERSALISM

By David Perlstein | April 4, 2014

Two weeks ago, my friend, Ellen, delivered a drash (mini-sermon) during Friday-night Shabbat services. She proposed that kashrut (Jewish dietary law) divides people at a time when globalism seeks to unite humanity. Meals bring people together. But strictly kosher Jews don’t go to non-kosher restaurants and avoid eating in non-kosher homes. Ellen’s is the position…

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THE SLIPPERY SLOPE

By David Perlstein | December 21, 2012

If a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, that first step often is the most difficult. So we go nowhere. Witness the fiscal cliff and gun violence. Why? We fear the unknown leading us down a slippery slope. Fear of the slippery slope is ancient. Proverbs 2:12-15 warns against a series…

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