One day; two Grand Finals
The most intense day of the year.The culmination of weeks of preparation.A deeply personal...
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One day; two Grand Finals
One day; two Grand Finals
The Long and Short of a Year of Mourning
Completing the year of mourning for my late father has brought forth an odd...
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How to “Have” Jewish Grandchildren
Watch David in an ELI Talk on the intergenerational transmission of Judaism; source sheet ...
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‘Hamakom’ as a Verb and Transactional Judaism
Ritual is an important part of Judaism. But in some cases, the ritual can feel o...
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Shiva: sitting, then getting up
Two situations – on both sides of the fence – over a short period of time have given m...
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Are We Reaching Charidy Fatigue
Have you heard about this amazing online sensation called Charidy? You can run intens...
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How to heal a shattered community
In the weeks following the Royal Commission hearing into the Yeshivah Centre in Melbo...
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The Letter I Want to Receive
In the wake of Case Study 22 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to ...
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Mesirah and the AFP’s War on Drugs
The Jewish law of ‘mesirah’ – the prohibition against handing a fellow Jew over to s...
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Four things I learned from the Shabbat Project
We’ve just completed an exhilarating weekend of The Shabbat Project here in Me...
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The Shabbat Project: Turning negatives into positives
My son’s phone stopped working the other day. He had a busy day with lots to do and...
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Deployed, destroyed but NEVER enjoyed
The photo of someone in a cafe wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “Deployed –...
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