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Dec 8, 2025, 6:38 AM

Fostering Civil Discourse: Why Makhloket Still Matters

For three years Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagreed. These said: The halakha is in accordance with our opinion, and these said: The halakha is in accordance with our opinion. Ultimately, a Divine Voice emerged and proclaimed: Both these...

Oct 3, 2025, 7:48 PM

Getting out of Depression – How Might We Commemorate October 7th this Year?

Over the past few weeks I have been listening constantly to the Israeli musician Yagel Oshri’s “Latzeit MiDikaon/ Getting Out of Depression” (“לצאת מדכאון”). It’s not just the lyrics or the melody that has been drawing me in, but...

Nov 1, 2018, 3:08 PM

A Seismic Shift for American Jewry?

Like Jews and other people all across the United States and the world, I was horrified and saddened when I learned of the news that eleven people had been savagely killed this past Saturday at the Tree of Life...

Nov 11, 2015, 4:30 AM

What defines a pluralistic Jewish school?

When a high school senior eloquently declares her views nationally, she represents the essence of her education

Sep 16, 2015, 5:45 PM

Ancient wisdom for a hyper-partisan time: An educator’s perspective

When public discourse dives into the gutter, Cicero, Hillel and Shammai offer models of civility

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About Me

Rabbi Mitchel Malkus serves as Head of School at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington, D.C., a JK-12 pluralistic school.