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{This is the prayer I delivered on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the annual Belmont community breakfast honoring Dr. King.}
Every year around this time, I tend to hear Dr. King’s voice, that beautiful, eloquent preacher’s voice–reverberating in my head and my heart. I especially tend to feel, rising up...
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For the week of August 30th, 2014
Parashat “Shofetim”
(Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
This week, as Moses continues to prepare the people for their life without him, he instructs the Israelites about the institutions of justice they should create once they are settled in the land. Among those institutions, Moses discusses the...
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In the spirit of the Thanksgivukkah season, I have taken the liberty of adapting a favorite Thanksgiving hymn for this once-in-a-lifetime Chanukah.
Of course, I offer my apologies to Theodore Baker, who wrote those familiar English words back in 1894. However, in fairness, it should be noted that Mr. Baker, himself, was...
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Lesley Sachs, Director of “Women of the Wall” arguing with a police officer back in October because she’s wearing a tallit while praying at the Kotel (which is currently against Israeli law).
Below, you’ll find the text of a letter that I just sent to Chairman Natan Sharansky of the Jewish Agency. ...
