Mark H. Levin

For Jews, the most important value is life itself. We classically don't even accommodate quality of life issues. We strive to preserve all life.

With that caveat, I am astonished that millions of Americans prefer to endanger their neighbors, and all those with underlyin...

Contemplating random death from the Novel Coronavirus terrifies us. It’s like an African lion spontaneously appearing in our backyard to devour us. How could this be?

Middle class people unconsciously insulate against the inevitable, thinking “I’m not going to die now!”...

We are about to welcome shabbat. Shabbat customs have four components:
prayer (tefillah), study (limud), enjoyment (oneg), and rest (m'nuchah).

This weeks limud, Torah study, focuses on the first 5 chapters of Leviticus, regarding sacrifices. The Hebrew word for sacrifi...

Our world, our political leaders, our thinkers, our artists, all seem to be focused on the Coronavirus threat. It's united us worldwide. All are threatened medically, suddenly, from out of nowhere. We are almost equally unprepared, and many feel set upon and attacked.

B...

The Spirituality of Washing:

Traditionally, we wash our hands three times during the seder. The first, right after the first kiddush, without a blessing, called urchatz.

The second time, right before the meal, with the traditional hand blessing, "... who has commanded...

Does FAIR matter? Does shame matter? Does hypocrisy matter?

Jonah Goldberg wrote a column this past week about the death of shame and hypocrisy. Turns out, civilization rests on established norms and values that civilized people observe. Without those, civilization col...

Alone among the creatures, as far as we know, human beings need meaning to survive. Added to air, food, water and reproduction, we humans need to know why we exist: the meaning (reflection on the past) and purpose (direction in the future) of our lives.

My belief, my re...