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Robert L. Wolkoff
Jul 6, 2018, 11:18 PM
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Liberal Jews Cause Earthquakes. Who Knew?
It is no coincidence that Parshat Pinchas, which centers on blind zealotry, always comes during the build up to Tisha B’av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem—which was destroyed, the rabbis tell us, because of sinat...
Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden
Jul 3, 2018, 3:16 AM
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One Orthodox rabbi can make a huge difference
One Orthodox rabbi can make a huge difference, even if he can't change Jewish Law on his own. At least, he makes people say: what a great person he is. That is the most important Commandment a Jew can...
Debra Band
Jul 3, 2018, 1:45 AM
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Nature Speaks — Listen! the Aurora Has Something to Say
It’s hard not to feel Nature singing God’s praises, whether in the vivid blue sky overhead this afternoon… or in the brilliant aurora, when the sun showers electromagnetic particles on Earth’s polar atmosphere to produce shimmering curtains of colored...
Phyllis Bernstein
Jul 2, 2018, 10:26 PM
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Uncivil Society — In My Hometown
Can we all stop to listen and try to understand? My husband and I were honored by the local Chabad at a fancy catering hall and I will share a story about my remarks. As Jews we are one people...
Menachem Creditor
Jul 2, 2018, 11:12 AM
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Redemption in a Mighty Jewish Rumpus
The past seventy-two hours have offered an amazing array gifts of comfort and inspiration to this rabbi's heart. No verbal description could possibly do the experience justice. But here goes: I'm at Camp Ramah in Northern California, my third summer...
Allan T. Marks
Jun 30, 2018, 12:51 AM
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Empathy must conquer fear
No battles are as fierce as the ones fought between brothers. I speak not of the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of the rifts between right and left in Israel, and between Israeli and Diaspora Jews. Outsiders seldom...
Dana Janine Diamond
Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM
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America’s Farewell to Judeo
I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...
Debra Band
Jun 28, 2018, 7:01 AM
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Nature Speaks — Listen! The Grass Has Something to Say
Since early childhood I’ve been spellbound by the endless varieties of life that pop out of simple clumps of grass. Now it’s a delight to pass this tiny adventure on to my toddler grand-daughter. It’s hard not to feel...
Nicholas Jagdeo
Jun 23, 2018, 12:07 AM
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A twenty-first century Abraham and a Trini.
UK-born T&T novelist Nicholas S Jagdeo’s The First Jew – The Resurrection of Abraham does not, in its storyline at least, travel down entirely familiar Caribbean literary terrain, but there is more than a hint of Trini engagement of...
Debra Band
Jun 19, 2018, 7:00 AM
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Nature Speaks — Listen! Earth Has Something to Say
In springtime it’s hard not to feel Nature singing God’s praises…in the birdsong, the breeze, the fragile and brilliant blossoms that suddenly burst in my garden, even the tiny tomatoes that are finally appearing. The medieval Jewish classic,...
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