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Jun 19, 2024, 8:32 AM

Jewish & Black: Finding my identity with the Rebbe

It was his unconditional love that got me through the shame and embarrassment of the racial mockery I endured as a child

Sep 19, 2023, 11:04 PM

Bruce Springsteen, “Land of Hope and Dreams”, Grace and Yom Kippur

Introduction: This article is based on a talk I gave at Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, NJ, on Thursday, September 7, 2023. I would like to extend my gratitude to Rabbi Lucas, Susan Werk, Gayle Wieseneck, Shani Drogin, Ami Talkow, Laura...

Jonathan Weinkle

Jun 20, 2022, 7:31 PM

Forget about being “cancelled” on social media, suspended from work or losing a book deal; when Miriam used a racial slur in Parashat Beha’alotecha, she was punished with leprosy. I know, the usual interpretation is that she was being punished...

Stacey Aviva Clark

Jun 16, 2022, 9:10 AM

Juneteenth and Torah: Liberation through water

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The federal US holiday offers a chance to try to understand how we got so emotionally stagnant – so dry – as to enslave other human beings

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