WireNewsDec 6, 20234 min readShabbat VayeyshevGenesis 37-40:23 - The Female Condition by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This week we have another narrative of a sexual nature concerning Tamar, ...
WireNewsDec 1, 20234 min readElegy For New Yorkby Rabbi Jeremy Rosen I made the mistake, once, of thinking New York was the best place for Jews outside Israel. This Shabbat afternoon,...
WireNewsNov 30, 20234 min readShabbat VayishlachGenesis 32:4-36:43 - Rape by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The horror of rape has existed since the earliest of times and particularly during...
WireNewsNov 24, 20234 min read1984 is NowLosers and Why 1984 is Here by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen In August Adam Gopnik published an article in the New Yorker of the August 28, 2023,...
WireNewsNov 23, 20234 min readShabbat VayeytzeyGenesis 28:10 – 32:3 - Initiative by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen When we first encounter Jacob he is described as “Ish tam yoshev ohalim” which...
WireNewsNov 17, 20234 min readThe Don Pacifico Affairby Rabbi Jeremy Rosen As diplomats shuttle to and from the Middle East and countries threaten each other the USA has sent its navy to the...
WireNewsNov 16, 20233 min readShabbat ToldotGenesis 26-28:9 - Esau or Ishmael by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Last week we read about how Isaac and Ishmael came together to bury their father....
WireNewsNov 10, 20234 min readUnimaginable Painby Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The unimaginable pain on seeing the evidence of children tortured, limbs cut off and burnt to death, screams for an...
WireNewsNov 9, 20234 min readShabbat Chayey SarahGenesis Chapters 23-25:18 - Mind Your Language by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The reading from the Torah this week starts off with Avraham burying...