Reasonable, spiritual, authentic Judaism
Exploring a reasonable and relevant Judaism - authentic and current, inclusive and welcoming - Rabbi Jonathan opens and develops discussions delving into Jewish life, learning, and meaning. “Jewish and...” means Judaism enhanced because today's Judaism is: multi-faith, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, pluralist, pro-LGBTQ+, feminist, and multi-generational. “Jewish and…” starts with Jewish sources: Torah, Midrash, Talmud, Commentaries, Israel, Yiddish, Hebrew, Food, Klezmer, and anything else that connects us to our Jewish selves.
[From earlier in the day.]
Tiferet in Tiferet - beauty, balance, and harmony, in itself.
Tiferet also implies the harmonizing of love and structure, Chesed and Gevurah.
Every mixture needs to be balanced - to find that harmony we have to have the idea of it in mind, a goal, a hope.
We make progress when we aim high - start with a balanced vision.