Poems

Champions: Hebrews 1, Philistines 0

Reuven Goldfarb compares the "games" that Goliath, David, Cyclops and Odysseus played with that of a baseball team from the fictional town of "Mudville" who are losing by two runs in its last inning. Both the team and its fans, a crowd of 5,000, believe they can win if Casey, Mudville's star player, gets to bat.

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago
About Reuven

Poetry Immersion

Reuven Goldfarb facilitated a weekly session called “Poetry Immersion,” a class or discussion group centered on great poetry written in English through the centuries. Laurie Rappeport, who had accepted an assignment to write about interesting people and events occurring in Tzfat, interviewed Reuven and wrote an article about these gatherings.

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago
Essays

The Future of Renewal?

Reuven Goldfarb speculates about the internal inter-personal issues, especially those that interfere with our collective decision-making process. Reuven takes on the issue of territoriality, as perhaps, internally, as no group is immune from potentially schismatic conflict, or as Reuven coins it: "Elbow Room" or "Liebensraum."

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago
Essays

Baseball Kabbalah

Reuven Goldfarb believes that players, fanatics, and worshippers alike - are blessed with moments of transcendence and vindication, a reward for their commitment and justification for all their toil and pain.

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago
Audio

Ma’asei V’raisheet — The Works Of Creation

Reuven Goldfarb shares his insights about the true meaning of the creation of the universe and the reunion of all life forms and all inanimate substance with the Source of Life, awareness of all-embracing, fundamental harmony, whose ceaseless thrumming web extols the primal energy, the heart of every star and atom, and all is sanctified.

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago