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A Spiritual Assist for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep. So in the past I did not bother at all. This year, is ...

Bernard Malamud’s “The Assistant:” A Jewish Struggle for an Ethical Life

Bernard Malamud's "The Assistant" explores Jewish identity in Depression-era Brooklyn.

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Some Biblical and Rabbinic Sources

The Torah prohibits murder, and the Talmud maintains the prohibition on active killing, even with the terminally ill.