December 21, 2024 -
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December 21, 2024 -
Motivation: Fact and Fiction Midrashim are a rich part of our heritage. They embellish events and stories in the Torah giving them detail and context, and they’re quick to identify Continue Reading »
Progressive Theology Jewish theology is never safe. Understandings that persevered for generations can quickly go by the wayside. Take the famous verse in our Parsha, Exodus 11:4 as an example: Continue Reading »
True Happiness Over the snowstorm, I read an intriguing autobiography titled “All who go, do not return” by Shulem Deen. Shulem was a Skverer Hasid, those who live in the Continue Reading »
Joseph’s Theory of Economics Rabbi Shmuel is leading a Torah study group at his shul when all of a sudden, an angel appears. The Angel says to the rabbi: “Rabbi Continue Reading »
Chanukah, Da Vinci and Judah Maccabee Recently, Christie’s Auction House announced that it had sold a 600-year-old painting entitled, “Salvatore Mundi,” reputedly the work of Leonardo da Vinci, for $450 Continue Reading »
Women’s Rights Part I and II (Parshiyot Toldot and Vayeitzei 5778) Part I Two weeks ago, the accusations against Alabama Senatorial candidate Roy Moore reached new lows with many women Continue Reading »
Hope Springs Eternal This past week, what we all feared and dreaded finally took place in New York City. A broken man, full of misfortune and resentment, became easy prey Continue Reading »
“Let not Alexander the Small dictate policy to Alexander the Great” It’s now a year in the Jewish calendar from last year’s Election Day. (The Jewish calendar moves 11 days Continue Reading »
Women’s Rights Last Sunday night (10/15), sports announcer, Al Michaels, made a small faux pas, he said, “I mean, let’s face it, the Giants are coming off a worse week than Continue Reading »
Rising Like Oil Above Water The underpinnings of Western philosophy come from three men who lived about 2500 years ago, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Plato was a student of Socrates Continue Reading »
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