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Aug 17, 20234 min read

Shabbat Shoftim

Kings and Judges - 16:18-21:9 by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen In the ancient world, all governments had three elements. The King or Queen was the...

Aug 11, 20234 min read

Synagogue or Temple

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This month of August is the season of traveling, going on vacation. The very idea resonates with our wandering in...

Aug 10, 20234 min read

Shabbat Re'eh

Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 - Adding or Subtracting by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen There is a well-known phrase in this week's reading from the...

Aug 4, 20233 min read

Shabbat Eykev

7:12-11:28 - Chosen People by Rabbi Jeremy Rabbi It still amazes me how often I hear non-Jews claim that we Jews are so arrogant and...

Aug 3, 20234 min read

Sadness and Joy

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of Av, reminds us of the greatest catastrophes in our history. Yet five days after the...

Jul 28, 20234 min read

Messianism and the 9th of Av

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Regardless of how well or poorly Jews have integrated into their host societies, in each generation, they have...

Jul 27, 20233 min read

Shabbat VaEtchanan

Deuteronomy 3:23-6:11 - Law or Lore by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The reading from the Torah this week is remarkable in that it combines the two...

Jul 21, 20234 min read

Utopia

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen In 1551 the English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas More, living in the reign of King Henry 8th wrote a book called...

Jul 20, 20234 min read

Shabbat Devarim

The Books of the Bible by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why do we call the fifth book of the Torah that we start this week Devarim but non-Jews (and...

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