In the last two weeks, I’ve been seeing a mix of reactions to the tragic massacre at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. I don’t know how many people are living on the edge, …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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11/7/18
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I’m certain that you have heard this saying before: “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” It is attributed to all sorts of wise people from Benjamin Franklin …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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11/7/18
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If it be so, wherefore do I live?” (Bereishit 25:22)
Rebecca was suffering with a very difficult pregnancy. She was so distraught that she questioned the value of her life. After …
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By Rabbi Marc D. Angel
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11/7/18
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Our parasha contains a crucial narrative in the lives of the Avot — a famine in the Land of Israel, and Yitzchak’s initial desire to follow in his father’s footsteps and travel …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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11/7/18
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This year, the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht atrocities, coincided by a week with the Pittsburgh massacre. Each event in its time served to shake our people to the core.
This week, an …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/7/18
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A Trump-hating neo-Nazi slaughters worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue — and Jewish communal groups see the tragedy as confirmation of two fallacious ideas. The greatest threat to …
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By Abraham H. Miller
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11/7/18
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For those who have spent recent years lamenting the growing disconnect between Israel and the Diaspora, the days after the Pittsburgh shooting provided more proof of their claims. Some Americans …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/7/18
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Bloodshed at Tree of Life. The painful irony.
This coming Shabbat, just before the Torah is returned to the ark, almost every Jewish congregation will sing the melodious “Eitz …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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11/7/18
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On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance from the Tree of Life - Or L’Simcha …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/7/18
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It made headlines across the country: local Jews tell Trump not to visit Pittsburgh to mourn the dead and visit the wounded.
A letter sent to the President by a group called “Bend the …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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11/7/18
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