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Author of "Embracing Auschwitz" and "Mensch•Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi - Wisdom for Untethered Times." Winner of the Rockower Award, the highest honor in Jewish journalism and 2019 Religion News Association Award for Excellence in Commentary. Musings of a rabbi, journalist, father, husband, poodle-owner, Red Sox fan and self-proclaimed mensch, taken from essays, columns, sermons and thin air. Writes regularly in the New York Jewish Week and Times of Israel.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Foreboding Commentary on Israeli Politics and Education

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I always enjoy reading Marc Shulman's daily analysis of what's happening in Israel. Sunday's is especially important and foreb...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Elul Project #2 - Remembrances of High Holidays Past

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My thanks to Rosalea Fisher for contributing her reflections on the High Holidays. You are cordially invited to send me yours! When I thin...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Inglourious Revenge

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Click here for Amichai Lau Levi's provocative discussion of how this week's parsha deals with death, in stark contrast to the n...

Mitzvah Heroes

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"Mitzvah" will be a prime theme of ours this coming year and the UJC has initiated an interesting search for a Mitzvah Hero of the...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

G-dcast for Ki Tetze

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Hey G-dcasters, A mitzvah is a commandment, and this week's parsha is chock full of them - 70 mitzvahs all told! Join Israeli environme...

Ask the Rabbi: Can I Be Agnostic and Still Go to Synagogue?

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Another "Ask the Rabbi" question from About.Com. Read it also at http://judaism.about.com/b/2009/08/26/can-agnostics-go-to-synago...

Senator Ted Kennedy, z'l

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Accolades are pouring in for Ted Kennedy, and deservedly so. He was a great friend of the Jewish community and Israel. On a personal note, K...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Elul Project #1 - SEND ME YOUR REFLECTIONS

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Several years back, I was part of an experimental effort of Synagogue Transformation and Renewal (STAR) designed to help congregations in th...

A New Jewish High School

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The Jewish community of southern Connecticut is about gain a most welcome addition: a new Jewish High School will open next year. See the l...
Friday, August 21, 2009

In Support of "Death Panels"

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No not really, but this Shabbat morning at services we'll be discussing the current health care issues, and yes, in a rational manner! ...

Shabbat, Camp-Style

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Dan at Ramah in the summer of 2002..... And last Sunday.... Our kids are now returning from camp, and re-entry is often difficult. For my so...

Jerry Springer, C'mon Down!

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I've heard through the grapevine that my Jewish Week op-ed of a few weeks ago, " Welcome To The Neighborhood, Jerry Springer ,...

G-dcast for Shoftim

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Parshat Shoftim from G-dcast.com More Torah cartoons at www.g-dcast.com

Jewels of Elul V

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http://www.JewelsofElul.com/ Today is the first of Elul and the countdown to the new year begins in earnest. Once again, Craig Taubman br...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mixing Milk and Milk

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Strange how these things go. Last week, just as I was sitting down to study the portion of Re'eh , which contains a summary of the K ash...
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