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Shavuos – Not Necessarily Ruthless

A number of years ago, a prominent Jewish educator gave a shiur with the central theme that the Book of Ruth has no real antagonists. Everyone, the...

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Bamidbar: ‘Numbers’ Isn’t Our Translation

Parshat Bamidbar begins with a count. Tribe by tribe, family by family, the Torah constructs a census of remarkable precision. Yet Chazal...

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Behar: The Other CRT

Parshat Behar introduces Yovel, the Jubilee year. Every fifty years the shofar is sounded and we are commanded, “U’krasem dror ba’aretz l’chol...

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Emor: Nak-Behab?

At the end of Parshas Emor, the Torah recounts the case of the megadef, the blasphemer. His background could not have been more disadvantaged: his...

27.04.2026 50

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The NY Times Platforms ‘Chamas’

The New York Times just published a glowing discussion titled “The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?” —a textbook case of the...

24.04.2026 50

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Rabbi Kurtzer: Exile Yourself First

In a recent talk at the Capital Jewish Museum alongside Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer — president of the Shalom Hartman...

19.04.2026 50

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Chalice Malice: Leo’s Balaamic Vinegar

In an age when too many voices blur moral lines, Rabbi Jonathan Muskat’s recent piece, “When Restraint Becomes a Moral Failure,” forthrightly...

17.04.2026 50

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Hagada Dentata

Last week a Chabad emissary posted a triumphant video: outside the ADL conference, he and a friend wrapped tefillin on a Jewish pro-Palestinian...

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DW, Leni and Spike: They Got Shame

In August 1990, Spike Lee penned a defensive op-ed in The New York Times titled “I Am Not an Anti-Semite,” responding to accusations that his film...

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No ‘Good’: Being Dan the Wrong Kaf

10.01.2026 50

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Vayishlach – Amalek Goes To College

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Bereishis: We WERE Here First

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