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Nov 22, 2023, 1:21 PM
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Thanksgiving: This year in Jerusalem
Anxiety about Israel at war, the hostages, antisemitism (the list goes on) makes it hard to give thanks, but it's exactly the right thing to do
Sep 29, 2023, 2:11 PM
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The Book of Kohelet and a cup of joy
Sure, Ecclesiastes pitches existential dread, but its clusters of optimism remind us that there's a time for everything, even coffee
Dec 23, 2022, 3:11 PM
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My Peloton Hanukkah inspiration
When the instructors say they see me, it's sappy, but it works: my holiday workout made me feel visible as a Jew, despite the baseless hate out there
Oct 26, 2022, 2:49 PM
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WWJSD? (What Would Jonathan Sacks Do?)
In his absence, I survey what he's written, recall when I learned from him, and work to shift the outsized role politics plays in our lives these days
Sep 6, 2021, 1:00 PM
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Why centrist Orthodox living doesn’t make good TV
This year has taught us the importance of taking responsibility for our own vigilance, so that when things go wrong, we ask not, 'where was God,' but, 'where are we?'
Nov 17, 2020, 12:24 AM
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When scholars die
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was first and foremost a servant leader. With his death, the world lost a prophetic and courageous voice— and I lost my rabbi
May 29, 2018, 11:02 PM
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Done with grades
You want to teach life-long learners? Grow students' souls? Stop crippling them with report card stress
May 1, 2018, 11:03 PM
Marking Time
We are always counting something. We count up to intensify excitement. We count down as a way to quicken the relief when we desperately wish something would end already, like a prison sentence or the school year. In most...
Apr 4, 2018, 8:31 AM
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Makes a nice sandwich (generation)
The sweet, broken bitterness of matzah, maror, and haroset captures what it means to care for both children and parents
Mar 28, 2018, 7:12 PM
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The 10-second seder
It will get you to the food faster, but will it really make this night different from all other nights?
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Dr. Erica Brown is the Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and the director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks–Herenstein Center. Her latest book is Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning (Maggid Books).