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Yosef Lindell

Sep 6, 2021, 5:47 PM

This Rosh Hashanah, I’m going to miss the singing the most

Elli Kranzler, Selichot Concert 2017. (Screen grab, YouTube)

I remind myself that song is important not because I enjoy it, but because it can bring people together - when there's no virus for it to spread

Mar 17, 2020, 1:22 PM

Purim was just one week ago

Purim was only a week ago. You don’t believe me, do you? I'm not surprised. It hardly seems possible. Purim here in Kemp Mill, Maryland, a suburban Silver Spring neighborhood just outside of Washington, DC, was unremarkable. Shul was packed for...

Sep 23, 2019, 8:54 PM

This season of repentance, let me put others first

I’m glad I went to yeshiva, because there they taught me how to survive the Days of Awe: learn Torah, don’t look at girls, pray three times a day with a minyan, never forget the blessings before and after...

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Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and lecturer living in Silver Spring, MD. He has an MA in Jewish history from Yeshiva University and a JD from NYU Law School. His work has appeared in the Atlantic and the Forward among several other venues. He is an editor at the Lehrhaus. His website is https://yoseflindell.wordpress.com/.

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