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Mar 10, 2025, 11:08 AM

Nothing Like a Movie to Take Your Mind Off Things

Chai Be-Seret. “Living in a movie,” a Hebrew expression referring to someone who is out of touch with reality, who breezes through each day as though nothing could possibly go wrong. Someone like a lot of Israelis I have met since...

Feb 28, 2025, 8:11 AM

The cards I hold

Holding slips of paper, frayed at the edges from being handled each morning, I pray for hostages – and for so much more

Feb 14, 2025, 9:13 PM

Daybreak in Gaza – Lights Out in Jerusalem

On Sunday evening 3 February I sat next to Mahmoud Muna in a West Jerusalem living room. Mahmoud, as much of the world knows by now, is the proprietor of East Jerusalem’s cultural icon, the Educational Bookshop. We had...

Oct 13, 2023, 12:03 PM

Another Day, Another War

I spent hours yesterday communicating with Arab friends in East Jerusalem. I was told that the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah is quiet. I spoke with three other friends – I will call them A, B, and C –...

Mar 6, 2023, 3:56 PM

We Have Met Amalek, And He Is Us

Happy Purim! It’s time to pretend that we are not who we really are – as if we didn’t do that on a daily basis. The Mitzvot of Purim include an injunction to drink alcohol until we can no longer...

Jan 10, 2022, 11:14 AM

The Rabbis’ Letter – Return To Sender?

As 2021 drew to a close, 237 American rabbis sent a letter to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, urging a halt to demolitions in the Palestinian village of al-Walaja, now part of the Jerusalem municipality. Approximately 1,000 people in...

Sep 24, 2021, 12:54 PM

The Weight of Gold – The Unbroken Circle

When I guided a young Christian through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering book. The Weight of Gold brings out the Torah’s universal messages for personal growth and social justice, showing...

Sep 15, 2021, 10:38 AM

The Weight of Gold – Songs of Innocence and Experience

When I guided a young Christian through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering book. The Weight of Gold brings out the Torah’s universal messages for personal growth and social justice, showing...

Sep 9, 2021, 8:16 PM

The Weight of Gold – Before the Great Sabbath

When I guided a young Christian through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering book. The Weight of Gold brings out the Torah’s universal messages for personal growth and social justice, showing...

Sep 1, 2021, 10:44 AM

The Weight of Gold – Before the Future

When I guided a young Christian through a spiritual crisis, little did we know that it would result in a life-altering book. The Weight of Gold brings out the Torah’s universal messages for personal growth and social justice, showing...

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Moshe Silver is a writer and both a student and teacher of Torah, living in Jerusalem. In addition to Semicha, Rabbi Silver holds an MBA in finance and an MFA in creative writing.

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