Recent Writings
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Reform Jews are not the problem
Read more →: Reform Jews are not the problemJust a week ago I wrote to you about the horrible remarks from deputy Minister of Education Porush, about Women of the Wall. This week I received an…
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Parashat Terumah: “If you bring Me gifts, I will dwell among you”
Read more →: Parashat Terumah: “If you bring Me gifts, I will dwell among you”Imagine the scene. Moses calls to the entire Israelite community, not long after leaving Egypt and receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, to offer gifts for the construction…
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Parashat Mishpatim and the two men in one boat
Read more →: Parashat Mishpatim and the two men in one boatThe story is told of 2 men in a boat when one suddenly decides to start drilling a hole underneath his seat, the other man protests – “what…
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Wow! What a week it has been.
Read more →: Wow! What a week it has been.You may know by now about my great excitement, and our celebration with the “Women of the Wall at their victory” this past Sunday,Rabbi Denise Eger, the current…
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Parashat Yitro: Progressive Jews are not second class Jews
Read more →: Parashat Yitro: Progressive Jews are not second class JewsAs Moses is about to climb Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, the Israelites gather at the base of the mountain, and affirm their commitment to fulfilling…
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Don’t Stand By – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Read more →: Don’t Stand By – International Holocaust Remembrance DayThis week marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2005 the United Nations General Assembly designated the 27 January as a day of commemoration for six million Jews brutally killed by…
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Parashat Beshalach: do not pray – just act
Read more →: Parashat Beshalach: do not pray – just actTorah Sparks: Tu BiShvat – celebrating the birthday of all trees“Then the Eternal One said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to…
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A table be filled with meaning, love, warmth and great fruits
Read more →: A table be filled with meaning, love, warmth and great fruitsIn Israel and Jewish communities around the world Tu B’shvat (the birthday of trees) is often thought of as the Jewish environmental awareness day. The holiday is a…
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Israeli High Court made another groundbreaking decision to secure women’s rights
Read more →: Israeli High Court made another groundbreaking decision to secure women’s rightsGood news from Israel! The High Court in Jerusalem ruled that women can apply to be director of rabbinical courts.In what has been hailed as a groundbreaking decision,…
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“How would you like it that every time you made a mistake, a red light would flash and thousands of people would boo?”
Read more →: “How would you like it that every time you made a mistake, a red light would flash and thousands of people would boo?”Torah Sparks on Parashat Bo Imagine living in a world in which violating the laws of morality leads unavoidably to consequences in the world of nature. When we…
