December 23, 2024

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Who Can You Trust?

In a Blue Bloods episode, Tom Selleck in the role of New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, must confront a good friend on the force,

MLK Day 2015

It’s no secret that Israel’s supporters are facing difficult times on America’s college campuses. And it’s no secret that anti-Israel rhetoric has a way of

Who Will Say Kaddish for Me?

In my 18 years in the rabbinate I have seen and learned a tremendous amount about human behavior. I often say that my job allows

Glass Half Full Judaism

Some people see a split occurring within Modern Orthodox Judaism between those who adopt a more lenient religious interpretation and those who are stricter. I

Santa Claus and Zionism

One evening in early November a few years ago we were having dinner and the name “Santa Claus” came up (I think we were speaking

Heading for a Jew-Free Turkey

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 200,000 Jews in Turkish lands – when the entire population was barely 10 million. Today,

An Unsettling Jewish Environment

At times over the past number of years a McCarthy-like atmosphere has existed within the Jewish world. An environment of distrust and anger has defined

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