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November 15, 2020
Toledot 5781-2020
“The Ancient Origins and Practice of Anti-Semitism” (updated and revised…
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April 6, 2020
Passover 5780-2020
“The Essential lessons of Chametz and Matzah” (Updated and Revised from…
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April 2, 2019
The Children of the Children of Israel
April 2nd, the birthday of the famed Danish author of children’s books,…
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December 23, 2018
Shemot 5779-2018
“Getting the Jews Out of Egypt-–Two Views” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In…
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December 17, 2018
Vayechi 5779-2018
“Jacob Blesses His Grandchildren” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This week’s…
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October 22, 2018
Vayeira 5779-2018
“The Tension Between Human Love and Divine Will” by Rabbi Ephraim Z.…
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October 30, 2017
Vayeira 5778-2017
“The Alliance with Abimelech” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This week’s…
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August 11, 2017
A Pleasant Song Composed
The liturgy of the synagogue has developed over the span of Jewish history.…
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August 7, 2017
Eikev 5777-2017
“Stages of Religious Growth” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In parashat…
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February 10, 2017
B’shalach 5777-2017
“Miriam Leads the Women in Song" This week’s parasha, parashat B’shalach,…
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February 3, 2017
Bo 5777-2017
"And the People Bowed their Heads and Prostrated Themselves" by Rabbi…
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October 12, 2016
Haazinu/Sukkot 5777-2016
“Sukkot: Enveloping Israel in G-d’s Loving-kindness” by Rabbi Ephraim Z.…
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June 20, 2016
B’ha’a’lot’cha 5776-2016
“Moses Realizes that His Dreams Were Not Going to be Fulfilled" by Rabbi…
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May 6, 2016
A Turn in History
While many people know that Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday, a fair…
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March 28, 2016
Shemini 5776-2016
“Good Intentions Gone Awry” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s…
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January 18, 2016
B’shalach 5776-2016
“The Small ‘Stuff’ is not Always Small” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This…
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December 15, 2015
Deep in the Caribbean
The thought of a Caribbean vacation readily arouses lovely fantasies as the…
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October 4, 2015
Bereshith 5776-2015
“Seth--Adam and Eve’s Little-Known Son” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In…
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April 20, 2015
Tazria-Metzorah-Yom Ha’atzmaut 5775-2015
“Finding the Silver Lining” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In parashat…
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July 21, 2014
Masei 5774-2014
“On the Road: The Lessons of Hindsight” by Rabbi Ephraim Z.……
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October 7, 2013
Lech Lecha 5774-2013
"Setting the Stage for the Jewish Future" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In…
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August 30, 2013
Haazinu-Rosh Hashana 5774-2013
"Jewish Normal, Is Not Very Normal" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this…
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August 6, 2013
The Jews of Jamaica
As in many countries of the “New World,” the Jewish history of Jamaica…
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December 17, 2012
The Vanishing Conquerors
Politics do not change much from millennium to millennium. There have…
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October 12, 2012
In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue
On August 3, 1492, Columbus’ three ships set sail from Spain. But did you…
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May 3, 2012
Benjamin Nones
U.S. politics have never been pretty. Even as the colonists declared their…
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April 19, 2012
Beneath the Warsaw Ghetto
On January 18, 1943, the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto arose in violent…
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April 14, 2008
Passover 5768-2008
"The Wind and the Sun" by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald Because this Saturday…
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June 25, 2007
Balak 5767-2007
"The Enemy Within" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald One of the most intriguing…
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December 25, 2006
Vayigash 5767-2006
"Two of the Seventy Souls" by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald In this week's…
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