Did God “Let” COVID-19 Happen?
Why does God allow suffering?
Posts tagged with ‘Uncertainty’
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The Science of Staying Socially Close When Physically Apart
In the time of COVID-19 and physical distancing, how can we maintain our personal and spiritual connections?
The Reality of the Coronavirus is Changing Our Social Reality, Too
Rituals transform social facts into physical realities, and so the coronavirus is forcing us to change, adapt, or maybe even lose some of those concrete and physical connections.
Hope Amidst Crisis… Because ‘This Too Shall Pass’
“Gam zeh yaavor”—this too shall pass, whether “this” is a sorrowful or a joyful feeling or situation. This phrase can apply in a myriad of ways if we let it.
Playing With God in Creation
The creativity that named us partners with God to protect creation has been essential in our efforts to reclaim and restore what our previous arrogance wrought.
No, You Don’t Want to Live Forever.
While we may say we want to live “forever,” we simply don’t emotionally or intellectually understand the size of ideas like “infinity” or “eternity.”
Is Faith Like ‘Fake News’?
As a scientist, it takes years of training and failing, and occasionally succeeding, to become comfortable with knowing that some day you might be proven wrong. How different that looks through the lens of faith!
Thoughtful, Hopeful, Jewish: Navigating between Reason and Optimism in Scary Times
How do we navigate between reason and optimism as they crash against each other?
Why I Am Both Mourning and Celebrating the Yankees’ ALCS Loss
How could we be thrilled with one deal in March, and then, when it actually happens in October, be so upset?
It Might Be Kosher. It Might Not Be. Can You Eat It? And How Do You Decide?
If you are a traditional Jew and see a slice of meat that’s likely — but not certain — to be kosher, what do you do?
