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Aug 235 min read

Robert Wistrich and Jew Hatred

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Many, many books have been written about the Holocaust and antisemitism. Amongst my favorites is Anthony Julius’s...

Aug 234 min read

Shabbat Eykev

Deuteronomy Chapter 7;12-11;25 - Do as you would be done by by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The weekly reading of Eykev follows the pattern of...

Aug 164 min read

Comfort Ye! Comfort Ye!

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Shabbat after the fast of the Ninth of Av, is called Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort. Its name...

Aug 154 min read

The Shema

Shabbat Vaetchanan - Deuteronomy 3:23-6:11 Apart from the opening statements of the so-called Ten Commandments , there is very little...

Aug 95 min read

The Ninth of Av: Fasting and Self-Flagellation

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Both Christianity and Islam have long and controversial traditions of penance that involve flogging oneself with...

Aug 83 min read

Shabbat Devarim

Deuteronomy 1-3:23 - What’s in a Name? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why do we call this, the fifth book of the Torah, that we start this...

Aug 24 min read

Who Was Peter Bergson

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The anniversary of Hillel Kook’s death was this week. A Jewish Walter Mitty and a colorful, complex, dual...

Aug 14 min read

Shabbat MattotMassei

Rosh Chodesh Av Tuesday - Numbers Chapters 30-36 Conquering the Land by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This week two sections of the Torah are read...

Jul 265 min read

Why Did We Go Wrong?

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why are we having difficulty coming to terms with this reality, the realization of how much we are hated ? As a...

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