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The Pope’s Kippah
So the Pope lost his kippah for a moment. I’ve been there. As a fellow bald man and kippah wearer ...
Today Matters
At a construction site at the Jerusalem bus station there is a multi-paneled chalkboard with space for people to fill ...
Not Misrepresenting
Your relationships with others can only be real if they rest on honest assumptions.
Why Jews Should Care About The Donald Sterling Controversy
I have had many reactions so far to the recently leaked audio of comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner ...
The Jews and the Second World War: A Reading List
I started reading about the fate of the Jews during the Second World War when I was eleven. No one ...
Is it (Mentally) Healthy to Fall Apart?
Falling apart is a kind of strength.At least, that’s what I’m learning as I reflect this week on the meaning ...
A Ghetto in the Middle of a City
Central Park, in the middle of the city of New York, is 843 acres. The Warsaw Ghetto, in the middle ...
In My Characters’ Shoes
One September afternoon I took the train from Berlin to Warsaw, as my characters had done. I wanted to see ...
The Beginnings of A Bintel Brief
In January 1906, a woman wrote a letter to a Yiddish daily newspaper called the Forward , to complain that her watch ...
Being a Mitzvah Representative
How can a few classes of kids in Atlanta brighten an entire hospital?The Davis Academy’s 4th grade team, interested in ...
Should We Really Label Our Children? Yes…Sometimes.
I’ve always been troubled by the “four children” in the Haggadah.Passover is supposed to teach our children about how we ...
A Dog at the Seder
As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...