Ancient Anointments and Judaism Today

The past and the future do not have to be the same.

Throughout my life, I visited or lived in Israel a few times. During those visits, invariably, I find myself at the Western Wall, either the main one or the egalitarian one.

Left: Sitting at the Western Wall in 2013. Right: Learning Talmud at the Egalitarian Kotel in 2016.

And while I sit there, in these places that echo our ancient rites, I think about w…