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"What If It Was Your Family?" The Death Penalty Through New Eyes
“But what if it had been your family?” This is the question people always seem to ask when discussing the death penalty. What if YOU were...
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Aug 4, 20233 min read
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Jun 27, 20220 min read
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As American As Baseball
The following is a sermon delivered at the Valley Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27th, 2022.
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May 29, 20221 min read
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May 9, 20220 min read
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Apr 26, 20220 min read
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Treating the Person, Not the Disease
This blog post is the byproduct of a conversation with Rabbi Michael Weiss. Special thanks to him for his wisdom, insight, and...
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Apr 10, 20227 min read
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Mar 28, 20220 min read
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Feb 28, 20220 min read
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Feb 22, 20220 min read
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Ki Tisa - The Worst Days Can Bring the Best Understanding
When I was a kid, my family used to read the children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Needless to...
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Feb 18, 20228 min read
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Feb 15, 20220 min read
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Tetzaveh - An Old Symbol in a New Context
One of the biggest dangers of reading our Torah is our inability to put ourselves into the context of the section with which we are...
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Feb 11, 20225 min read
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Feb 8, 20220 min read
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T'rumah - Making Space for God
“I begin with a prayer of gratitude for all that is holy in my life. God needs no words, no English or Hebrew, no semantics and no...
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Feb 4, 20226 min read
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Jan 31, 20220 min read
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Yitro - Out of Order to Preserve Order
If you were to try to create a ranking of the best Torah portions, it is likely that all Jews would have a slightly different list. (The...
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Jan 21, 20227 min read
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