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Celebrate, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Study, Tisha B'Av
Beep, Turn the Page.
When I was growing up, I used to listen to records of GI Joe or Sci Fi stories that came ...
An Exercise in Empathy
Relating to the despair the ancient Israelites felt in the wake of the Temple's destruction is no easy feat.
Bible, Celebrate, More Holidays, Study, Tisha B'Av
Haftarah for Vaetchanan
Finally, some words of comfort for Jerusalem and its people.
The Tower and the Temple
Why did the people of Babel build their tower to the sky? The prevailing interpretation is that they were afflicted with ...
Celebrate, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Tisha B'Av
What I can’t stop thinking about this week.
This week, we have heard endless blatheration on what Trayvon Martin should have done, whether Zimmerman was legally culpable, whether ...
Bible, Personalities of the Bible
Deutero-Isaiah: A Prophet of Comfort
After first Isaiah’s message of rebuke, another writing under his name came to comfort Israel with immortal poetry.
Celebrate, Women & Feminism, Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur: Breaking the Fast
The Yom Kippur Diet: Mom Edition
“Are you going to fast on Yom Kippur?” “Are you going to try not to eat until chatzot, midday?” These ...