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In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook
A Mensch's Guide to Life
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Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Hanukkah: It's Complicated (Especially This Year)
Is Hanukkah a universal winter-fest or a particular celebration for the Jews? Actually, it's both, and that's OK. But for Jews, what miracle, exactly…
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"Authentic," Merriam-Webster "Word of the Year," is making a comeback, and it can save us all
To be Jewish is to be radically authentic. We must stand up for the primacy of the real.
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There's a reason they call it "knee-jerk"
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Hamas' Hostage Strategy Has Failed
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The Badass People
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The Botched Gaza Hospital Explosion Story: Fog of War - or Epic Blood Libel?
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Dear John
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Hamas' Hostage Strategy Has Failed
Israeli captives remained on the front pages as daily reminders of Hamas's barbarity. The children's faces became the symbols of Israel's just cause…
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Child Sacrifice, Hamas and "The Hunger Games"
For Hamas, as in The Hunger Games, cruelty toward children seems to be the point. And Judaism and Islam both recognize the dangers of this temptation to…
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Jewish Unity Was Fun While It Lasted
I was perusing the front pages of the Jerusalem Post and Hebrew Ha'aretz on the same day last week and couldn't help but notice the bipolar nature of…
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An Idea for Thanksgiving: Laugh a Little!
In all other years, we've had the obligatory fights around the table. This year, let's just be glad to be together. We need to lighten things up…
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Dear John
An open letter to John Oliver of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" and 30 church denominational leaders, who are all calling for an immediate ceasefire
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Is "From the River to the Sea" Offensive?
Just an "aspirational call?" As Henry Ford would say, "Bunk!"
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Dates That Live in Infamy, Independently, and Indelibly
No one ever insists that Pearl Harbor or 9/11 be looked at "in context." Similarly, we need to find ways to protect the sacred separateness of October…
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