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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.

Haftarah for Parashat Shoftim: Summary

Through Isaiah, God extends a note of condolence.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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