In “The Watchman’s Rattle,” subtitled “Think- ing Our Way Out of Extinction,” Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how civilizations die. When their problems …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks z"tl
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3/27/24
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s obscene call on the Senate floor on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster from power was the latest sign that …
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By Caroline Glick
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3/20/24
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Collisions are often unintentional. Bumping into someone as you walk down a busy thoroughfare with one eye on your cell phone or scraping a parked car as you reverse along a narrow street are …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/20/24
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Once upon a time, Achashverosh, the King of Persia, had his wife Vashti killed for failing to attend a banquet. Then he chose a beautiful Jewish woman named Esther to be his new Queen. He also …
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By Joni Schockett
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3/20/24
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Every ending is a new beginning.
When we conclude each of the five books of the Torah (as we did last week) the reader leads the congregation in the refrain “chazak chazak …
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By Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
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3/20/24
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With every day that passes, it becomes ever clearer that Western civilization is no longer civilized.
Israel’s war of defense against a genocidal enemy is an inflection point in the …
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By Melanie Phillips
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3/20/24
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This Shabbat we will read Parashat Zachor which, according to the Shulchan Aruch, is a Torah-based mitzvah. In addition, it enables us to fulfill two of the three Taryag Mitzvot associated with …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/20/24
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T here is a darkness sometimes that rages within which can overpower our very being.
I had a Battalion commander, who took the first watch on the tank after a brutal day in the Lebanon war. It …
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By Binny Freedman
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3/20/24
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Rabbi Daniel Rose wrote the following that will serve as the keynote to this week’s essay:
“These days of Purim,” the Book of Esther says, “should be remembered and …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/20/24
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The Torah requires us to celebrate three major festivals — Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot — and to do so joyously. Our Sages instituted two additional festive holidays, Chanukah and Purim. …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/20/24
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