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Jan 6, 2017, 8:40 AM

Yosef’s collapse

As Yehuda rises to open Parshat Vayigash, the accompanying musical marks (taamei hamikra) perfectly escalate the drama. The marks’ names even describe the drama: Then rose (kadma) and went forth (v’azla) the fourth (revii), and challenged (zarka) the royal...

Oct 20, 2016, 3:21 PM

Reading the feminine voices into Kohelet

The apparent nihilistic message of Ecclesiastes is transformed when you imagine the responses that refute its claims

Aug 14, 2016, 9:03 PM

My Minimalist Temple Vision

I'm seeing a lot of fear and ambivalence regarding the Third Temple. But what if the rebuilt Temple doesn't include animal sacrifices? What if it doesn't imply the priesthood or Rabbinate gaining more power over our daily lives? Imagine a Temple that...

Aug 14, 2016, 7:40 AM

History, written by survivors

When losers do the writing, there's some nobility or purpose to their suffering; Tisha B'Av liturgy has none of that

Jul 29, 2016, 12:24 PM

The Religious Zealot’s Tragedy

“Why are you here, Eliyahu?” A lifetime of religious passion culminating in a miraculous stand on Har Carmel has accomplished nothing. Eliyahu goes to Sinai suicidal, broken and alone. “I have been jealous for God. The children of Israel have forsaken...

Jun 10, 2016, 7:44 PM

Ruth: Left & Right Create the Kingdom of Israel

Every shiur should have a sports reference, some talk of women and men completing each other, and an overall point. So … Most games are about entering your opponent’s territory and getting the ball into their end zone or goal, or...

May 5, 2016, 9:52 AM

Neo-Nazis vs Neo-Marxists

“Whom should I have voted for, the Communists?” In Tuvia Tenenbom’s I Sleep in Hitler's Room, a German woman answers the “Whom did you vote for in 1933?” question Jewish-style, with her own question. Seventy years after the Holocaust, the West is waking...

Apr 22, 2016, 1:53 PM

The Passover story’s amazing story

The seder isn’t about the Jews in Egypt; it’s about the Jews who are moved by the paradigm of suffering and salvation

Apr 13, 2016, 2:08 PM

The fall of the Israeli left

“This branch of the left cannot win this fight,” writes the Times of Israel’s Haviv Rettig Gur in The end of Israeli democracy? “Its defiance of the underlying ethos of Israeli Jewish solidarity drives it inevitably away from the very...

Mar 23, 2016, 12:52 PM

Three Sides of the Same Humentasch

Trump, Hillary and Sanders are three sides of the same coin (er .. humentasch?). Their central message is "Those bad people are the cause of all your problems, and they're coming for whatever you have left. Vote for me...

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About Me

Gil Reich is the author of If You Write My Story, which helps kids deal with life, love, and loss. He is also co-founder of internet marketing and development company Managing Greatness. Previously Gil was VP of Product Management at Answers.com. He has been a popular speaker at internet marketing conferences around the world.