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
Congregant: Rabbi, I have a big problem. It’s Kol Nidrei and the <insert-team-name&g...
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Not standing still, standing together
The name of last week’s Torah section Nitzavim-Vayelech – traditionally read on the ...
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The Moral Equivalence Conundrum
With the simple (and simplistic) phrase “blame on both sides,” Donald Trump has again ...
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How to ‘fix’ kapparot
The drawn out battle over kapparot as practiced in Brooklyn, New York is pr...
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Appropriate my culture, please
Judaism has always interacted with its neighbors: go ahead, take our ethical system, or ju...
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Mating Rituals of the Haredis
Reading Tracy Frydberg‘s account of the Jerusalem hotel lobby dating scene&nbs...
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Trump and Kübler-Ross
The world is a very different place since the election of Donald Trump, but it seems to be...
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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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Yeshivah Episode IV – A New Hope
The drawn out process of governance reform at Yeshivah over the last few years has not con...
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A Yom Kippur Message for the US Election
It’s hard to escape the US elections, even here in Australia, and certainly not on socia...
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