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11/14/2022

Jewish Work in Diabetes

Today is World Diabetes Day. Not so long ago, diabetes was often thought of…

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11/11/2022

The First Advisor on Jewish Affairs

In 1942, after first serving as a rabbi in Buffalo, New York, and then in…

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11/10/2022

Hail the Holy Pomegranate

The pomegranate is a funny sort of fruit. Rather than eating the flesh and…

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11/09/2022

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht, literally the Night of Crystal, but generally translated as…

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11/08/2022

Go Vote! It’s an American and Jewish Value!

Voting in free and fair elections is one of the most profound privileges…

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11/07/2022

Vayeira 5783-2022

“Sodom: The Home of Institutionalized Evil” (updated and revised from…

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11/07/2022

A Poet and A Martyr

Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an assimilated,…

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11/04/2022

Rabin Shot

It has been 27 years since Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated on November 4,…

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11/03/2022

The Jews of Panama

The history of the Jews in Panama is similar to Jewish history in other…

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11/02/2022

Name Change

It is not a coincidence that cultures around the world share a belief in…

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11/01/2022

The First Inquisition

Although it was not the first inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition* was…

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10/31/2022

Lech Lecha 5783-2022

“The Two Birds of Israel” (updated and revised from Lech Lecha 5763-2002)…

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10/31/2022

His Tricks Were Quite A Treat

It is commonly acknowledged that the magician and escape artist Harry…

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10/28/2022

National Hermit Day

Judaism is not known for encouraging asceticism (abstinence from mortal…

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10/27/2022

The Jews of Amsterdam

October 27, 1275 is noted as the first time the name “Amsterdam” was…

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10/26/2022

The Seven Mitzvot

Jewish law places great emphasis on the way a Jew must live and the rewards…

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10/25/2022

The Yom Kippur War

It would be impossible, in this brief format, to provide a full history of…

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10/24/2022

Noah 5783-2022

“The Story of Noah--Fact or Fantasy?” (updated and revised from Noah…

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10/21/2022

Ezer k’Negdo

Today’s Treat begins with a short, sweet story about the great Tzaddik of…

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10/20/2022

White Papers

For those who have studied the history of the return of the Jewish people…

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10/16/2022

Bereshith 5783-2022

“The Book of Humankind” (updated and revised from Bereshith 5764-2003) by,…

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10/16/2022

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah

Tonight starts the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, literally the Gathering of…

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10/14/2022

The Great Hoshana

Rosh Hashana is known as the Day of Judgment (Yom Hadin), the day on which…

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10/13/2022

Vanity of Vanities

Most people are unknowingly familiar with the beginning of the third…

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10/12/2022

Everyone Does the Wave

One of the main mitzvot of the holiday of Sukkot is the waving of the Four…

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10/09/2022

Sukkot 5783-2022

Sukkot 5783-2022 “The Seven Protective Divine Clouds” (updated and revised…

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10/09/2022

Ushpeezin (pronounced Oo’shpee’zin)

During the festival of Sukkot, the sukkah is intended to be our home. For…

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10/07/2022

Build Your Own Sukkah

Webster’s Dictionary defines a Tabernacle as a temporary dwelling, which is…

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10/04/2022

The Five Prohibitions of Yom Kippur

“…on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do no work at…

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10/03/2022

Haazinu 5783-2022

“The Final Song” (updated and revised from Haazinu 1999-5759) by, Rabbi…

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