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Nov 24, 2021, 9:52 PM
The Imperative of Reading Ruth
More than anything else, Ruth Wisse’s memoir, Free as a Jew, is a necessary book. In her person, Wisse holds two realities that some Jews have difficulty reconciling – pre and post-Holocaust reality. Born in 1936 in Romania, Wisse...
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Daily consumers of news think they can understand the nature of the conflicts in which Israel is embedded when they keep up with the course of daily, weekly, and monthly events. The recent riot-protests accompanied by flaming kites along...
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With Iran, teshuva may mean acting alone
Last week, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, Rabbi Donniel Hartman, entered into the conversation about the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran, stating that “silence is a position” that he is no longer comfortable...
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Matt Abelson is a Conservative Rabbi living in Somerville, MA.