December 26, 2024

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Wallace Greene

Articles by Wallace Greene

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Everyone knows the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes. In short, no one wanted to tell the emperor what he didn’t want to hear, until

How Do Jews Mourn?

After One-Hundred-and-Twenty: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition, by Hillel Halkin (Princeton University Press, 2016), 226 pp. ISBN: 978-0-691-14974-5 $29.95

Shuls and Schools

Rabbi Eddie Shostak, Rav-Mechanech at the Hebrew Academy of Montreal, recently drove Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to a speaking engagement for NCSY Montreal. He took

Remember…Do Not Forget

Now there’s an oxymoronic phrase for you. We are told, on the one hand, zachor, “remember,” and lo tishkach, “do not forget.” But we are

‘A Person Is a Tree of the Field’

The quote above is from Deuteronomy 20:19. Homiletically and exegetically, people are like trees. Kind people offer shelter and feed others, trees provide not only

Sports Safety

The news media have been paying great attention lately to the high rates of concussions and other injuries among professional as well as young athletes

The ADHD Child: In the Classroom

Part II The classroom is a difficult and disconcerting place for a child with ADD/ADHD. What these children find difficult—sitting still, listening quietly, concentrating—are what

What Does ‘Being Human’ Mean in Judaism?

“Human Nature and Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case For Why Persons Matter,” (Princeton University Press, 2015) 215 pp. ISBN: 978-0-691-14947-9 $27.95 Philosophers generally write for other