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Unity Against Hatred? #506

08/20/2017 05:47:54 PM

Aug20

Unity Against Hatred?

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See, ("Re'eh"), is the word which begins this week's Torah portion.

Indeed, there was much for Americans and the world to see this past weekend.

Torch carrying Nazis storming the streets of...Read more...

Not on Bread Alone #505

08/20/2017 05:45:32 PM

Aug20

Not On Bread Alone

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During the 1990s, I served on a senior committee which provided advice to the journalism department at a college in Calgary, Canada. 

Twice a year, the college would fly our group in to offer insights, and these were used...Read more...

#504: Is the World Good or Bad?

08/07/2017 11:16:57 PM

Aug7

Is the World Good or Bad?

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One of the strangest conversations of my rabbinate took place recently as services ended one Shabbat morning.

A visitor to our congregation approached me to offer his objections to the Prayer for our Country which we recite each Sabbath...Read more...

#503: Tweeting and the Jewish Connection

07/29/2017 04:25:16 PM

Jul29

Tweeting and the Jewish Connection

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On the average, every second of every day, about 6,000 new tweets appear on Twitter.

That translates to more than 500 million tweets every day.

Based on an average of 70 characters per tweet, and about four characters required to form a...Read more...

Reflections of Israel 2017 #502

07/16/2017 08:25:26 PM

Jul16

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TEL AVIV --  A few days after I arrived in Israel, a Tel Aviv resident asked if I knew what the national bird of Israel was.

"It's the crane," he chirped, before giving me a chance to respond.

Cranes are everywhere in Israel, extending skyward above new construction work, crowning buildings under renovation. You can see them around new apartments, office towers, cultural centers.Read more...

Concern About Visiting Israel #501

06/18/2017 11:37:51 PM

Jun18

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Earlier this year, an Israeli friend-- a tour guide--shared a surprising statistic about tourism in the Holy Land: of the nearly four million people who visit Israeli each year, only twenty-five percent are Jewish.

This number has dwindled in recent years, and it's continuing to fall.

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Praying Through Our Fears #500

06/10/2017 07:35:00 PM

Jun10

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I have a friend, a distinguished lawyer, who once shared with me his internal struggle between the nature of...Read more...

Which Tribe Do You Belong To? #499

05/29/2017 10:59:43 PM

May29

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Hardly a day goes by that I don't hear these words: "Rabbi, I'm really not that religious." Perhaps you have thought or spoken these words yourself.

It speaks to the fact that for centuries, we have...Read more...

Matthew's Dollar Bill -- A Lesson In Tzedakah #498

05/20/2017 06:31:59 PM

May20

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Uplifting Torah to the Physically and Mentally Challenged #497

05/15/2017 11:14:01 PM

May15

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