DREAMS revealed

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Boteach/Steinhardt/Feldman debate on Jewish values. As I wrote, Boteach left the audience hanging. His acronym for the seven Jewish gifts to humanity, DREAMS, left me confused. Dreams only has six letters, and Boteach didn’t define all of the letters before running out of time.

His column in the Jerusalem Post today helps, a little. He now has six Jewish values:

Dreams
Redemption
Action
Enlightenment
Marriage
Struggle

Yes folks, he spelled out DRAEMS. Perhaps Boteach should spend less time preaching and more time proofreading. (MORE)

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