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Dana Janine Diamond

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

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...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 26, 2018, 9:40 AM

Never forget, despite the pain of remembering

Recently, I watched the award-winning movie, The Devil's Arithmetic. It ís about a modern-day American girl, Hannah, who is apathetic to her Jewish roots and especially to her family's survival from the Holocaust. Repeatedly, Hannah brushes off her relatives who want...

Jun 12, 2018, 8:29 AM

Marty and Sandy, Setting Me on the Jewish Path

As written on a Chabad website, “One act, says Maimonides, can change a life, and transform a world. How so? Our acts trigger a chain of consequences -- psychological, spiritual, and historical -- that reverberate in incalculable ways.” I know...

Talia Wercberger

May 27, 2018, 10:47 AM

Shame and pride: Where do I go from here?

As I currently sit in my 8:30 am lecture on “History of Current Events: British in Palestine, 1939-1948,” I get this strange feeling in the pit of my stomach. While learning about those years leading up to our independence,...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

May 23, 2018, 12:14 PM

Why a Second Day Yom Tov?

The Incomparable Greatness of the Land of Israel One of the most puzzling laws in Halacha (Jewish Law) is the requirement to observe a second day Yom Tov (festival) in all Jewish communities outside of Israel. Before the establishment of a...

Shammai Engelmayer

May 17, 2018, 6:10 PM

Another ‘Four Questions’: Prepping for Shavuot

Here are four questions to help prepare you for this weekend: On what date does it say Passover falls? On what date does it say Rosh Hashanah falls? On what date does it say we should begin counting the Omer? On what date...

May 7, 2018, 6:48 AM

The sixth Shabbat after Pesach is on May 12, 2018. We close out our study of Pirke Avot by considering the sixth and final chapter. This chapter is rich in symbolism, extolling the virtues of Torah study. I will...

May 4, 2018, 4:46 PM

Pirke Avot: Opening and Closing

We have been spending the past few weeks studying a chapter of Pirke Avot each Shabbat between Pesach and Shavuot. Let's look at the opening and closing statements for each chapter. At the beginning of each chapter of Pirke...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

May 2, 2018, 1:01 PM

Why counting the Omer matters

Illustrative: A wheat field in southern Israel (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

The weeks after Passover signify how to serve God independent of His overwhelming presence

Apr 29, 2018, 8:18 PM

May 5, 2018 will mark the the fifth Shabbat after Pesach. We therefore continue our study of Pirke Avot with chapter 5, for meaning and inspiration. I am using the version of Pirke Avot found at Sefaria.org (The Sefaria edition...

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