Vaetchanan 5777 – The Oneness of God
שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְי אֱ-לֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְי אֶחָֽד׃ Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is One …Deuteronomy 6:4 The
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Masei 5777 – Borders and “Authentic” Judaism
צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ Instruct the
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All or Nothing at the Western Wall
All or Nothing? A friend asked an interesting question the other day. “If Israel can’t be the Israel you envision,
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Naso 5777 – The Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Even some of my supporters have told me, “Rabbi, I come to shul to relax on Shabbat. I don’t want
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Tazria-Metzora 5777 – Never Again? Or Again and Again?
“Never again!” “Never again!” Earlier this week I heard our own Riva Hirsch share her moving story in a Holocaust
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Yom HaShoah 5777
My remarks at the Birmingham, Alabama community commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day When confronted with unspeakable tragedy, words
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