By DCA Staff
By Michael Eliyahou A friend who, unlike me, grew up with a religious Jewish education in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, described the kind of idealism that a student of Judaism might hold: The tradition passed down to religious Jews in the schools we go to, I do think pretty much across the Orthodox board (which can […]
By Ariel Goldberg NOTE: This post was written as a response to Rabbi Cardozo’s argument that in order to rediscover the authentic melody in Halacha that has been drowned out over the past few centuries in the process of Halachic psak (legal ruling), the process needs to be consider giving more weight to minority opinions, […]
There is nobody like our God! Who is like our God? Few prayers are more perplexing than the one called “Ein Keloh-enu.” This famous song-prayer is sung at the end of the morning prayer. But it makes little sense. In fact, it seems more than just odd. We first sing “Ein Keloh-enu” (There is nobody […]
By DCA Staff
NOTE: This post is in response to a position argued by Rabbi Cardozo that the purpose of Halacha is to “complicate life in order to lead to the experience of God’s presence,” while noting that in recent centuries the development of Halacha has gone too far and overcomplicated life, defeating its purpose. In attempting […]
This month Rabbi Cardozo will return to Limmud UK, to be held at the University of Warwick, from December 23 – 29, with over 3,000 participants in attendance. One of the most important international venues for Jewish education and learning, Limmud has again invited Rabbi Cardozo as a featured presenter at the conference. Rabbi Cardozo’s […]
The great Chassidic leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, complaining about the Jews’ detachment from Judaism, once said that when a bridegroom stands under the chupa (bridal canopy) he can say hundreds of times to his future bride “You are betrothed,” but these words are meaningless until he adds one more Hebrew word, Li (to […]
A Parable (1) Preparing for Rosh Hashanah “I will incline my ear to the parable” [Tehillim 49:5] Once upon a time, in a large, gloomy palace high on a mountain, where the night wind howled outside its massive walls, there lived a king – a real one. His beard was long like a silver waterfall, […]
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo has been invited once again to attend the Limmud Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, which will take place this year from August 19-21. Rabbi Cardozo will address three sessions on the following topics: The Frozen Torah and Futuristic Judaism: Rethinking Halacha and Religious Beliefs Conversion: Solving an Unsolvable Problem God is […]
In our days, the word tolerance has become highly popular, as are pluralism and democracy. These terms are so often used that one would hope most people have a proper understanding of their meanings. This is, however, far from true. In fact, it seems that the more these words appear in our papers, books and […]
The recent graduation commencement of the 2010/2011 Cardozo-Kagan Jewish Leadership Program, held at the IDC in Herzliya, honored the second class of CKJLP Fellows. As part of the ceremony, a symposium discussed “Can There Be a Future Where There is No Past? The Place of Judaism in Education in Israel.” Panelists Dr. Micha Goodman, Dr. […]
DCA Founder and Dean Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo will serve as Shavuot Scholar-in-Residence at Bnai David-Judea in Los Angeles, California, congregation of Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, as well as speak at the Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, congregation of Rabbi Alan Kalinsky, and at several fundraising events in the Los Angeles area. Rabbi Cardozo recently served […]
The beauty of Judaism is its unconventional combination of colors. Like Rembrandt's famous palette of colors, and unlike so many other traditions, Judaism perceives hidden layers that link its preternatural sensibility to an unknown reality. It transports all religious meaning, drawn from the creation and the Sinai revelation, to a plane where it then bursts out into a new creation.