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Reconciliation Within the Family and Beyond the Family
The Book of Genesis is nothing if not a story of dysfunctional families.Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Hagar, Sarah ...
Women Should Help Women
It is common for groups who are discriminated against or have little power in a society to turn on one ...
Israel or America?
Should the Jews of Europe move? And if so, to Israel or to America?“To the Jews of Europe and to ...
A Smile from Beyond
I ended 2014 by making the trip from California to New Jersey to visit my father’s grave. I stood on ...
Bad Things Create Better People
True, things could have been worse for Joseph – but not much worse. First, growing up an orphan – his ...
Hints of “Queerness” from Our Ancestors, Our Sages, and Our God
Rabbi Lisa Edwards, of Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), offered these words last week as leaders from day schools across Los Angeles ...
The Tragedy of Comedy: What Good May Come of Robin Williams’ Death?
I’ve never cried when a celebrity suddenly dies. It has always seemed like something that just happens. Certainly, it’s a ...