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Rabbi Yossy Goldman is Life Rabbi Emeritus of the Sydenham Shul in Johannesburg, president of the South African Rabbinical Association and a popular international speaker. He is the author of From Where I Stand on the weekly Torah readings, available from Ktav.com and Amazon.

Elijah teaches us a lesson for every generation, including our own.
Spiritual identity goes beyond biology.
Can little old me make a positive difference in what seems like a negative environment?
Is Judaism a religion of revenge?
Are all the Ten Commandments realistically doable?
It isn’t easy to be both, but we’re doing our best.
Our enemies’ tactics may evolve but, essentially, they remain the same.
There is a wealth of symbolism to the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, as well as many lessons for human behavior.