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01/24/2024
Seek Out The Positive
An ethical dilemma: A close friend confides in you that he/she recently…
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01/22/2024
B’shalach 5784-2024
Urgent message: Given the most challenging situation in Israel at this…
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01/19/2024
Under Cover of Darkness
Of the ten plagues that devastated the land of Egypt, the plague of…
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01/18/2024
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which is famous for its month-long resistance…
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01/17/2024
Book Respect
Because of the centrality of the Torah in Jewish life, the Jewish people…
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01/16/2024
Writing a Law For Freedom
Thomas Jefferson is renowned for being the author of the Declaration of…
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01/15/2024
Bo 5784-2024
Urgent message: Given the most challenging situation in Israel at this…
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01/15/2024
Honoring King
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated today. “The Hebrew prophets belong…
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01/12/2024
Hardened Hearts of a Leader
Upon the death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il twelve years ago, the press…
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01/11/2024
The Challenge of a Cup of Tea
How do you make a cup of tea? Seems like a silly question, doesn’t it? Tea…
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01/10/2024
Blessed Is He Who Makes Strange Creatures
An individual might not think that Jewish Treats would have much to say…
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01/09/2024
Rights in Connecticut
At the time that Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 9,…
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01/08/2024
Va’eira 5784-2024
Urgent message: Given the most challenging situation in Israel at this…
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01/08/2024
A National Poet
Chaim Nahman Bialik (born January 9, 1873) was an Israeli national icon who…
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01/05/2024
Adopting Moses
In this week’s Torah portion, Shemot, Pharaoh issues his edict directing…
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01/04/2024
Touching the Equation
Imagine having a passion for mathematics but lacking the language to…
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01/03/2024
Humiliation Day
In an effort to make the calendar more interesting, there are many days on…
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01/02/2024
A Kosher Buffet
While it seems a bit counterintuitive to have a day celebrating abundant…
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01/01/2024
Shemot 5784-2024
“The Message of the Burning Bush” (updated and revised from Shemot…
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01/01/2024
Blood is Life
January has been labeled National Blood Donor Month, making it an ideal…
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12/29/2023
The Messiah – A Jewish Concept
Because the concept of a Messiah* (Moshiach in Hebrew) is not overtly…
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12/28/2023
Natural Born Athlete
In the world of sports, Bobbie Rosenfeld had, what a person might call, the…
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12/27/2023
The Final Analysis
After the soul departs, it journeys to the gates of heaven where it must…
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12/26/2023
Painting Our People
Born on December 26, 1902, in Rahachow, Belarus (in the Pale of…
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12/25/2023
Jewish Boxing Days?
In many countries, especially those associated with the United Kingdom,…
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12/22/2023
Vayechi 5784-2023
Urgent message: Given the most challenging situation in Israel at this…
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12/22/2023
My Father. Our Father
Many well-known Jewish songs are based on words from the Bible. While a…
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12/21/2023
The Tenth of Tevet, Asarah b’Tevet
And it was in the ninth year of [King Zeddekiah’s] reign, in the tenth…
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12/20/2023
President William Howard Taft – Friend of the Jews
Jewish Treats presents a quick look at the relationship of President…
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12/18/2023
Vayigash 5784-2023
Urgent message: Given the most challenging situation in Israel at this…
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