Tisha b’Av in Dangerous Times
The Talmud teaches that the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE because of baseless hatred. In
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Holidays
Yom Yerushalayim 5783
Fifty-six years ago yesterday on the Jewish calendar something amazing happened. A war was raging on multiple fronts, with Syria
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Kol Nidre 5783 From Age-ing to Sage-ing
You’re going to die. So am I. So are all of us. I realize this does not come as news
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Rosh Hashanah 5783 – Israel, Great and Flawed
If you listen to different people talking about Israel it can be bewildering, because it sounds impossible that they are
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Rosh Hashanah 5783 – Museum Judaism
What kind of Jew are you? For a group of only about 15 million people, we have a bewildering array
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Tisha b’Av 5782
Should we still be fasting on Tisha b’Av? Tisha b’Av is the saddest day of the year on the Jewish
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