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By Asher Crispe: May 13, 2011 in Inspirations, Quest of the Question | No Comments
Freedom to Question (Part Two)
Famed Noble Laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi once offered the following personal anecdote: My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. ‘Izzy,’ she would say, ‘did you
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By Asher Crispe: May 06, 2011 in Inspirations, Quest of the Question | No Comments
Freedom to Question (Part One)
Q: Does the Torah and/or Kabbalah allow a person to really ask questions? From David R. Freedom of speech begins with freedom to question. In order to develop this thought, we have to first address the state of exile that strips us of these essential freedoms. The psychology of
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By Asher Crispe: Apr 29, 2011 in Decoding the Tradition, Inspirations | 2 Comments
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
Who is driving the bus? There is no joy in discovering that a bunch of kids are speeding off to nowhere completely unsupervised. Yet, this is precisely how we tend to feel when faced with the prospect that this world and its crazy history might not have a direction after
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By Asher Crispe: Apr 29, 2011 in Decoding the Tradition, Inspirations, News | 2 Comments
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 2)
Decisions…decisions. This world of ours seems to be overwhelming with the choices that are presented to us. With literally billions of products to choose from we sometimes feel paralyzed by choice. Having no limits in fact, presents the problem that Barry Schwartz has termed and titled a book: The Paradox
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By Asher Crispe: Dec 20, 2010 in Inspirations, Living with the Times | 1 Comment
Life Changing Eating Habits
The Jewish case for recycling all consumables and getting energy from trash. We live in a consumer society. Food and clothing, books and magazines, concerts and sporting events, love and relationships—we need to take it all in. We want to eat it all up. Our experiences fuel us. They morph
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By Asher Crispe: Dec 16, 2010 in Inspirations, Quilt of Translations | No Comments
Wandering through the Red Desert: Jewish Perspectives on a Film
Film, when done well, should ignite a spark of emotional intensity. In the hands of a master director, the castigating images may be felt to stare back at us in a nearly hypnotic fashion. The magic of the movies casts its spell upon us particularly when we are sucked into
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By Asher Crispe: Dec 15, 2010 in Inspirations, Quilt of Translations | No Comments