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Jun 12, 20204 min read

Jeffrey Epstein and Maimonides

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen I needed distraction from hypocrisy, politics, demonstrations, and looting, this past week, so I watched a series...

Jun 5, 20204 min read

Passion

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen What has primitive medieval anti-Semitism got to do with us, here, now ? The Passion Play, or Easter pageant, is a...

May 22, 20206 min read

Ruth & Shavuot

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Book of Ruth, which is read on the Festival of Shavuot, is one of the shortest books in the Bible. On the face...

May 15, 20206 min read

Prayer in the Time of COVID

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The great advantage of having to pray alone during this period of lockdown is that one can actually take the time...

May 8, 20204 min read

May 8th, 1945

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen May 8th VE Day is the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1945. It marks the final defeat of the...

May 1, 20205 min read

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen My nephew Dov, a philosopher, scholar and rabbi of YAKAR Jerusalem, sent me a brilliant essay he recently published...

Apr 24, 20206 min read

Israel and the Diaspora

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen As we approach Israel’s independence day, the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora remains ambivalent....

Apr 3, 20208 min read

Passover or Passunder?

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Pesah was always intended to be a challenge – To our way of life and our values. Egypt, the most advanced...

Mar 27, 20205 min read

A Walk in the Park

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This past Shabbat, I went for a walk around Central Park. It was a beautiful day. The air was cool and fresh. The...

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