From trouble child to favorite

By Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
Published on September 27, 2011

What would it take for you to disown your child? I know that for most everyone this is a hypothetical question, but please indulge me:

‘The Adujustment Bureau’: Finally, an Action Thriller for Religious Thinkers

Published on March 8, 2011

Films that offer profound philosophical lessons are a rarity. I remember watching The Matrix several years ago, noting that the movie was really a sci-fi version of Plato’s “Metaphor of the Cave,” which posits that most people are living in a false reality of shadows. More recently, Inception explored the similar epistemological concept of solipsism, that we’re really all just dreaming and physical reality is only a construct of the mind. Such films, which tickle one’s philosophical funny-bone, are slim pickings among a feast of mind-numbing cinematic banalities.

What It Takes to Be a Jewish Leader

By Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
Published on April 15, 2009

Charlton Heston (alav haShalom) made a great Moses; on screen, he seemed perfect — tall, handsome, gravelly voice, and not even Anne Baxter could seduce him.

VIDEO: Who shall live . . .

By The Web Guy
Published on September 29, 2008

A montage of news photos from 5768 plus cantorial and modern music take this version of the 'Who shall live' prayer into YouTube land.

Get a Life, George

By Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
Published on March 9, 2006

We are all a little too dependent on others' approval and admiration. This is not only psychologically unhealthy, but it also may show that one doesn't feel close with God.