The Potter’s Lesson: Prophecy Isn’t Fixed   Then God began to explain why he wanted Jeremiah to see how a potter works with the clay. We continue to read: 7  At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;  8  if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it. (Jer 18:7-8)   This sentence is an earth-shattering statement. It forces us to rethink...

Wrestling with the Wrong Enemy                                By: Shira Schechter   Many of us carry a ghost inside of ourselves—the phantom of who we wish we were. For some, it’s the confident colleague who commands every room. For others, it’s the sibling who earned their parents’ unqualified love. We spend our lives chasing these shadows, trying to become someone else, and the pursuit destroys us from within. According to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the biblical patriarch Jacob lived this...