#rabbi — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rabbi, aggregated by home.social.
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"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.
I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.
This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."
https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/
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"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.
I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.
This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."
https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/
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"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.
I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.
This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."
https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/
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"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.
I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.
This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."
https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/
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"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.
I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.
This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."
https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/
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"Every so often, a single page surfaces that does more than preserve ink on paper; it captures a pivotal moment in our #history. One such document that was consigned to the shop this week was a single, extraordinary sheet of a two-sided letterhead from #Warsaw, dated 1920. It bears the official stationery of a #Gerrer #chassidic #mesivta. On one side, you see the unmistakable, bold handwriting of none other than #Rav #MeirShapiro, the legendary visionary of #DafYomi and #Lublin. On the reverse is a letter by the #ImreiEmes of #Ger, Rav #AvrahamMordechaiAlter.
The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was #Rabbi #YosefBaumgarten (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of #Vienna's famed #SchiffShul. Rav #Baumgarten was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the era, making him the perfect address for this urgent appeal."
https://jewishpress.com/hundred-year-old-letter-lays-bare-struggle-to-finance-yeshivos/
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"Every so often, a single page surfaces that does more than preserve ink on paper; it captures a pivotal moment in our #history. One such document that was consigned to the shop this week was a single, extraordinary sheet of a two-sided letterhead from #Warsaw, dated 1920. It bears the official stationery of a #Gerrer #chassidic #mesivta. On one side, you see the unmistakable, bold handwriting of none other than #Rav #MeirShapiro, the legendary visionary of #DafYomi and #Lublin. On the reverse is a letter by the #ImreiEmes of #Ger, Rav #AvrahamMordechaiAlter.
The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was #Rabbi #YosefBaumgarten (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of #Vienna's famed #SchiffShul. Rav #Baumgarten was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the era, making him the perfect address for this urgent appeal."
https://jewishpress.com/hundred-year-old-letter-lays-bare-struggle-to-finance-yeshivos/
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"Every so often, a single page surfaces that does more than preserve ink on paper; it captures a pivotal moment in our #history. One such document that was consigned to the shop this week was a single, extraordinary sheet of a two-sided letterhead from #Warsaw, dated 1920. It bears the official stationery of a #Gerrer #chassidic #mesivta. On one side, you see the unmistakable, bold handwriting of none other than #Rav #MeirShapiro, the legendary visionary of #DafYomi and #Lublin. On the reverse is a letter by the #ImreiEmes of #Ger, Rav #AvrahamMordechaiAlter.
The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was #Rabbi #YosefBaumgarten (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of #Vienna's famed #SchiffShul. Rav #Baumgarten was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the era, making him the perfect address for this urgent appeal."
https://jewishpress.com/hundred-year-old-letter-lays-bare-struggle-to-finance-yeshivos/
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"Every so often, a single page surfaces that does more than preserve ink on paper; it captures a pivotal moment in our #history. One such document that was consigned to the shop this week was a single, extraordinary sheet of a two-sided letterhead from #Warsaw, dated 1920. It bears the official stationery of a #Gerrer #chassidic #mesivta. On one side, you see the unmistakable, bold handwriting of none other than #Rav #MeirShapiro, the legendary visionary of #DafYomi and #Lublin. On the reverse is a letter by the #ImreiEmes of #Ger, Rav #AvrahamMordechaiAlter.
The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was #Rabbi #YosefBaumgarten (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of #Vienna's famed #SchiffShul. Rav #Baumgarten was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the era, making him the perfect address for this urgent appeal."
https://jewishpress.com/hundred-year-old-letter-lays-bare-struggle-to-finance-yeshivos/
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"A remarkable discovery has recently emerged from among a group of rare #books and #manuscripts consigned to my shop: an unrecorded eighteenth-century #Hebrew autograph manuscript penned by #Rabbi #YekutielGordon, one of the most fascinating and consequential members of the inner circle of Rabbi #MosheChaimLuzzatto, the #Ramchal.
Hidden from public view for centuries, this extraordinary #manuscript came to light only through careful examination of a collection entrusted to the shop for sale.
The manuscript itself is modest in size – approximately 4.5 by 6.5 inches – but immense in significance. Consisting of one hundred surviving double-sided folios, it preserves what appears to be a previously unknown work entitled #MarehKohen, together with a section of #MarehMussar, a work already known to scholars and associated with Rabbi Yekutiel Gordon.
Mareh Kohen focuses largely on the themes of #Elul, #teshuvah, the #YamimNoraim, and the profound symbolism of the #shofar."
https://jewishpress.com/a-manuscript-by-a-student-of-the-ramchals/
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"A remarkable discovery has recently emerged from among a group of rare #books and #manuscripts consigned to my shop: an unrecorded eighteenth-century #Hebrew autograph manuscript penned by #Rabbi #YekutielGordon, one of the most fascinating and consequential members of the inner circle of Rabbi #MosheChaimLuzzatto, the #Ramchal.
Hidden from public view for centuries, this extraordinary #manuscript came to light only through careful examination of a collection entrusted to the shop for sale.
The manuscript itself is modest in size – approximately 4.5 by 6.5 inches – but immense in significance. Consisting of one hundred surviving double-sided folios, it preserves what appears to be a previously unknown work entitled #MarehKohen, together with a section of #MarehMussar, a work already known to scholars and associated with Rabbi Yekutiel Gordon.
Mareh Kohen focuses largely on the themes of #Elul, #teshuvah, the #YamimNoraim, and the profound symbolism of the #shofar."
https://jewishpress.com/a-manuscript-by-a-student-of-the-ramchals/
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I don't go in for all the Mamdani bashing, and I think AIPAC's politics suck, but the left's fixation on demonizing AIPAC above all other lobbying groups, many quite a bit more powerful, gets a side-eye from me.
"#NewYorkCity #Mayor #ZohranMamdani on Monday defended his use of the word “monsters” to describe #AIPAC at a rally on Friday for #progressive candidates, as some of his #Jewish supporters expressed concern that the term may connote an #antisemitic trope.
The war of words came as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is increasingly a target of the progressive movement, including in acts of attempted violence, and as progressive #Jews have accused some Israeli right-wing figures of dehumanizing liberal pro-Israel lobbying groups.
“Calling AIPAC and its backers ‘monsters’ casts them as less than human, rather than as human beings who are one’s political opponents,” #Rabbi #JillJacobs, head of the progressive #rabbinic #humanrights group #Truah[...]"
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I don't go in for all the Mamdani bashing, and I think AIPAC's politics suck, but the left's fixation on demonizing AIPAC above all other lobbying groups, many quite a bit more powerful, gets a side-eye from me.
"#NewYorkCity #Mayor #ZohranMamdani on Monday defended his use of the word “monsters” to describe #AIPAC at a rally on Friday for #progressive candidates, as some of his #Jewish supporters expressed concern that the term may connote an #antisemitic trope.
The war of words came as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is increasingly a target of the progressive movement, including in acts of attempted violence, and as progressive #Jews have accused some Israeli right-wing figures of dehumanizing liberal pro-Israel lobbying groups.
“Calling AIPAC and its backers ‘monsters’ casts them as less than human, rather than as human beings who are one’s political opponents,” #Rabbi #JillJacobs, head of the progressive #rabbinic #humanrights group #Truah[...]"
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I don't go in for all the Mamdani bashing, and I think AIPAC's politics suck, but the left's fixation on demonizing AIPAC above all other lobbying groups, many quite a bit more powerful, gets a side-eye from me.
"#NewYorkCity #Mayor #ZohranMamdani on Monday defended his use of the word “monsters” to describe #AIPAC at a rally on Friday for #progressive candidates, as some of his #Jewish supporters expressed concern that the term may connote an #antisemitic trope.
The war of words came as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is increasingly a target of the progressive movement, including in acts of attempted violence, and as progressive #Jews have accused some Israeli right-wing figures of dehumanizing liberal pro-Israel lobbying groups.
“Calling AIPAC and its backers ‘monsters’ casts them as less than human, rather than as human beings who are one’s political opponents,” #Rabbi #JillJacobs, head of the progressive #rabbinic #humanrights group #Truah[...]"
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I don't go in for all the Mamdani bashing, and I think AIPAC's politics suck, but the left's fixation on demonizing AIPAC above all other lobbying groups, many quite a bit more powerful, gets a side-eye from me.
"#NewYorkCity #Mayor #ZohranMamdani on Monday defended his use of the word “monsters” to describe #AIPAC at a rally on Friday for #progressive candidates, as some of his #Jewish supporters expressed concern that the term may connote an #antisemitic trope.
The war of words came as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is increasingly a target of the progressive movement, including in acts of attempted violence, and as progressive #Jews have accused some Israeli right-wing figures of dehumanizing liberal pro-Israel lobbying groups.
“Calling AIPAC and its backers ‘monsters’ casts them as less than human, rather than as human beings who are one’s political opponents,” #Rabbi #JillJacobs, head of the progressive #rabbinic #humanrights group #Truah[...]"
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I don't go in for all the Mamdani bashing, and I think AIPAC's politics suck, but the left's fixation on demonizing AIPAC above all other lobbying groups, many quite a bit more powerful, gets a side-eye from me.
"#NewYorkCity #Mayor #ZohranMamdani on Monday defended his use of the word “monsters” to describe #AIPAC at a rally on Friday for #progressive candidates, as some of his #Jewish supporters expressed concern that the term may connote an #antisemitic trope.
The war of words came as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is increasingly a target of the progressive movement, including in acts of attempted violence, and as progressive #Jews have accused some Israeli right-wing figures of dehumanizing liberal pro-Israel lobbying groups.
“Calling AIPAC and its backers ‘monsters’ casts them as less than human, rather than as human beings who are one’s political opponents,” #Rabbi #JillJacobs, head of the progressive #rabbinic #humanrights group #Truah[...]"
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"What does it mean to be a #barmitzvah? How does one keep up the momentum long after reaching the age of 13? What are a girl’s obligations when she becomes a #batmitzvah? These questions and more are thoroughly explored and answered in the newest #book by #Rabbi #YehoshuaAlt. Phenomenal Insights about Bar Mitzvah and #Tefillin gathers insights from throughout the Torah to present more than 50 engaging #essays on the significance of bar mitzvah and tefillin. #Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is suitable for #Jews of all ages, and would especially make a wonderful bar mitzvah present."
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"What does it mean to be a #barmitzvah? How does one keep up the momentum long after reaching the age of 13? What are a girl’s obligations when she becomes a #batmitzvah? These questions and more are thoroughly explored and answered in the newest #book by #Rabbi #YehoshuaAlt. Phenomenal Insights about Bar Mitzvah and #Tefillin gathers insights from throughout the Torah to present more than 50 engaging #essays on the significance of bar mitzvah and tefillin. #Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is suitable for #Jews of all ages, and would especially make a wonderful bar mitzvah present."
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"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.
This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"
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"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.
This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"
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"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.
This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"
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"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.
This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"
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"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.
This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"
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"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?
That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.
“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”
The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."
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"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?
That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.
“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”
The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."
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"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?
That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.
“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”
The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."
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"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?
That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.
“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”
The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."
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"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?
That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.
“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”
The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."
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"#Rabbi #YitzchakArama, #author of #AkeidatYitzchak, explains that the spies did not sin by describing real difficulties. The cities were indeed fortified, the nations were strong and the challenge was great. Nor was there anything wrong with presenting a complex picture. The problem began the moment they stopped fulfilling their original role.
#Moses sent them to gather information. He wanted to understand reality. In modern terms, they were sent to serve as an intelligence unit, not an investment committee. But at a certain point, the spies moved from describing the data to interpreting its meaning.
The word “but” changed everything: The land is good, but, the people are strong.
On the surface, it was only one word. In practice, it was the turning point. This, Rabbi Yitzchak #Arama explains, is the root of the failure." -
"#Rabbi #YitzchakArama, #author of #AkeidatYitzchak, explains that the spies did not sin by describing real difficulties. The cities were indeed fortified, the nations were strong and the challenge was great. Nor was there anything wrong with presenting a complex picture. The problem began the moment they stopped fulfilling their original role.
#Moses sent them to gather information. He wanted to understand reality. In modern terms, they were sent to serve as an intelligence unit, not an investment committee. But at a certain point, the spies moved from describing the data to interpreting its meaning.
The word “but” changed everything: The land is good, but, the people are strong.
On the surface, it was only one word. In practice, it was the turning point. This, Rabbi Yitzchak #Arama explains, is the root of the failure." -
"#TobiRubinstein – an #Orthodox #Jewish #rabbi, #author, and leading figure in the #fashion industry – received an honorary degree from #StThomasUniversity (#STU) in #Miami, #Florida earlier this month, and at the school’s graduation ceremony, she gave an inspiring speech about faith, success, growth, and purpose.
The #Catholic #university honored #Rubinstein with an honorary degree recognizing her work connecting faith, fashion, education, and cultural dialogue. Rubinstein has been working in the #fashionindustry for over 40 years and is the founder of The House of Faith and Fashion, a brand that started as a reality series but then expanded into a lecture and radio series, live events, panel discussions, and runway shows."
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"#TobiRubinstein – an #Orthodox #Jewish #rabbi, #author, and leading figure in the #fashion industry – received an honorary degree from #StThomasUniversity (#STU) in #Miami, #Florida earlier this month, and at the school’s graduation ceremony, she gave an inspiring speech about faith, success, growth, and purpose.
The #Catholic #university honored #Rubinstein with an honorary degree recognizing her work connecting faith, fashion, education, and cultural dialogue. Rubinstein has been working in the #fashionindustry for over 40 years and is the founder of The House of Faith and Fashion, a brand that started as a reality series but then expanded into a lecture and radio series, live events, panel discussions, and runway shows."
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"A new national opportunity for #Jewish #highschools to build the next generation of leaders will open May 13, as #YeshivaUniversity invites mission-aligned #schools across #NorthAmerica to apply to join its #GruenFellows Program-a transformative initiative designed to strengthen Jewish #education, broaden access and cultivate students grounded in #Torah values and #academic excellence.
“The Gruen Fellows Program is a bold investment in the future of our #schools and our community,” said #Rabbi #AriBerman, Ph.D., president of Yeshiva University. “By partnering with high schools across the country, we are building a network of students who are intellectually ambitious, deeply rooted in core #Torahvalues and prepared to lead with clarity, purpose and a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and the world.”
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"A new national opportunity for #Jewish #highschools to build the next generation of leaders will open May 13, as #YeshivaUniversity invites mission-aligned #schools across #NorthAmerica to apply to join its #GruenFellows Program-a transformative initiative designed to strengthen Jewish #education, broaden access and cultivate students grounded in #Torah values and #academic excellence.
“The Gruen Fellows Program is a bold investment in the future of our #schools and our community,” said #Rabbi #AriBerman, Ph.D., president of Yeshiva University. “By partnering with high schools across the country, we are building a network of students who are intellectually ambitious, deeply rooted in core #Torahvalues and prepared to lead with clarity, purpose and a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and the world.”
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"A new national opportunity for #Jewish #highschools to build the next generation of leaders will open May 13, as #YeshivaUniversity invites mission-aligned #schools across #NorthAmerica to apply to join its #GruenFellows Program-a transformative initiative designed to strengthen Jewish #education, broaden access and cultivate students grounded in #Torah values and #academic excellence.
“The Gruen Fellows Program is a bold investment in the future of our #schools and our community,” said #Rabbi #AriBerman, Ph.D., president of Yeshiva University. “By partnering with high schools across the country, we are building a network of students who are intellectually ambitious, deeply rooted in core #Torahvalues and prepared to lead with clarity, purpose and a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and the world.”
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"A new national opportunity for #Jewish #highschools to build the next generation of leaders will open May 13, as #YeshivaUniversity invites mission-aligned #schools across #NorthAmerica to apply to join its #GruenFellows Program-a transformative initiative designed to strengthen Jewish #education, broaden access and cultivate students grounded in #Torah values and #academic excellence.
“The Gruen Fellows Program is a bold investment in the future of our #schools and our community,” said #Rabbi #AriBerman, Ph.D., president of Yeshiva University. “By partnering with high schools across the country, we are building a network of students who are intellectually ambitious, deeply rooted in core #Torahvalues and prepared to lead with clarity, purpose and a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and the world.”
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"A new national opportunity for #Jewish #highschools to build the next generation of leaders will open May 13, as #YeshivaUniversity invites mission-aligned #schools across #NorthAmerica to apply to join its #GruenFellows Program-a transformative initiative designed to strengthen Jewish #education, broaden access and cultivate students grounded in #Torah values and #academic excellence.
“The Gruen Fellows Program is a bold investment in the future of our #schools and our community,” said #Rabbi #AriBerman, Ph.D., president of Yeshiva University. “By partnering with high schools across the country, we are building a network of students who are intellectually ambitious, deeply rooted in core #Torahvalues and prepared to lead with clarity, purpose and a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and the world.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/pete-hegseth-faith-rally-dc. "Rededicate 250... features #speakers including a #Detroit #pastor who has called the #Democratic platform 'demonic' &... pray[ed] at Trump’s second inauguration; a #rabbi who has defended the use of #torture & authored an essay titled The Virtue of Hate; & a #Christian author & radio host who said in 2020 he would die in the fight to keep Joe #Biden out of the #WhiteHouse & was later named in a #defamation suit over 2020 #election #fraud claims."
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/pete-hegseth-faith-rally-dc. "Rededicate 250... features #speakers including a #Detroit #pastor who has called the #Democratic platform 'demonic' &... pray[ed] at Trump’s second inauguration; a #rabbi who has defended the use of #torture & authored an essay titled The Virtue of Hate; & a #Christian author & radio host who said in 2020 he would die in the fight to keep Joe #Biden out of the #WhiteHouse & was later named in a #defamation suit over 2020 #election #fraud claims."
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"#Rabbi #RazielCohen, 29, known on #socialmedia as “#TheTacticalRabbi,” has spent recent years leading an unusual initiative in the #UnitedStates: an academy that trains #Jews in #firearms use and #selfdefense. Against the backdrop of rising #antisemitic incidents across the United States and growing anxiety within #Jewish communities since #Hamas’ #Oct7 terror attack, #Cohen says demand for his training programs has surged sharply.
Cohen was recently documented instructing students at a private #shootingrange in a wooded area of #Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. During the training, participants practiced firing #AR15 #rifles, quick-draw drills and tactical movement. “Jews today understand that the only person who can protect their lives and their families is themselves,” he told the website NorthJersey [dot] com."
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"#Rabbi #RazielCohen, 29, known on #socialmedia as “#TheTacticalRabbi,” has spent recent years leading an unusual initiative in the #UnitedStates: an academy that trains #Jews in #firearms use and #selfdefense. Against the backdrop of rising #antisemitic incidents across the United States and growing anxiety within #Jewish communities since #Hamas’ #Oct7 terror attack, #Cohen says demand for his training programs has surged sharply.
Cohen was recently documented instructing students at a private #shootingrange in a wooded area of #Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. During the training, participants practiced firing #AR15 #rifles, quick-draw drills and tactical movement. “Jews today understand that the only person who can protect their lives and their families is themselves,” he told the website NorthJersey [dot] com."
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"Analysts increasingly describe modern #antisemitism as a convergence phenomenon — where far-left anti-#Zionism, far-right #conspiracy culture, #online #radicalization and broader political nihilism begin feeding one another. #Jews become symbolic targets onto which fractured societies project anger and distrust. As #JoshKaplan recently reminded us in The Free Press, the late #Rabbi Lord #JonathanSacks warned that “antisemitism is a projection, and is caused not by Jews but by internal conflicts in the societies that give rise to it.” That diagnosis feels painfully relevant now.
#America is experiencing a broader coarsening of civic life. Political rage has become performative. #Socialmedia rewards outrage over restraint. #Conspiracytheories spread faster than facts. Institutions are distrusted almost by default. In such an environment, antisemitism flourishes because it offers unstable movements a visible villain onto whom complex frustrations can be pinned."
https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-the-new-shape-of-antisemitism/
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"Analysts increasingly describe modern #antisemitism as a convergence phenomenon — where far-left anti-#Zionism, far-right #conspiracy culture, #online #radicalization and broader political nihilism begin feeding one another. #Jews become symbolic targets onto which fractured societies project anger and distrust. As #JoshKaplan recently reminded us in The Free Press, the late #Rabbi Lord #JonathanSacks warned that “antisemitism is a projection, and is caused not by Jews but by internal conflicts in the societies that give rise to it.” That diagnosis feels painfully relevant now.
#America is experiencing a broader coarsening of civic life. Political rage has become performative. #Socialmedia rewards outrage over restraint. #Conspiracytheories spread faster than facts. Institutions are distrusted almost by default. In such an environment, antisemitism flourishes because it offers unstable movements a visible villain onto whom complex frustrations can be pinned."
https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-the-new-shape-of-antisemitism/
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"The vocation of the learner in the age of cheap wheat is to become a baker: to take the now-abundant raw material and turn it into something a human can eat. #Chiddush that surfaces structure. Communities that perpetuate the learning. Students who teach each other when the teacher is gone. This is true for the #rabbi and it is true for the nineteen-year-old in Be’er Sheva, because the obligation was always universal in principle (Chagigah 3a). The economics restricted it. The economics just changed."
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"The vocation of the learner in the age of cheap wheat is to become a baker: to take the now-abundant raw material and turn it into something a human can eat. #Chiddush that surfaces structure. Communities that perpetuate the learning. Students who teach each other when the teacher is gone. This is true for the #rabbi and it is true for the nineteen-year-old in Be’er Sheva, because the obligation was always universal in principle (Chagigah 3a). The economics restricted it. The economics just changed."
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"#Ziegler’s Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy is a 534-page book on a four-chapter #megillah. The disproportion is the point. Ziegler, a faculty member at #HerzogCollege and teacher at #MatanandMidreshetMoriah, spent more than two decades teaching #MegillatRuth in #bateimidrash before committing these #shiurim to print. What she has produced is not a work of academic #biblical criticism.
It is a work of #Torah, one that happens to deploy #literary tools in service of the sacred text’s deeper meaning. The methodology she calls “#literary-#theological,” a term she credits to #Rabbi #ShalomCarmy, fulfills something Rabbi #AharonLichtenstein called for in a 1962 lecture at #SternCollege: the application of close reading and literary analysis to #Tanach, not to evaluate the text but to hear it more clearly. “I have eschewed a pretense of academic detachment,” she writes...” -
"#Ziegler’s Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy is a 534-page book on a four-chapter #megillah. The disproportion is the point. Ziegler, a faculty member at #HerzogCollege and teacher at #MatanandMidreshetMoriah, spent more than two decades teaching #MegillatRuth in #bateimidrash before committing these #shiurim to print. What she has produced is not a work of academic #biblical criticism.
It is a work of #Torah, one that happens to deploy #literary tools in service of the sacred text’s deeper meaning. The methodology she calls “#literary-#theological,” a term she credits to #Rabbi #ShalomCarmy, fulfills something Rabbi #AharonLichtenstein called for in a 1962 lecture at #SternCollege: the application of close reading and literary analysis to #Tanach, not to evaluate the text but to hear it more clearly. “I have eschewed a pretense of academic detachment,” she writes...” -
"#Ziegler’s Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy is a 534-page book on a four-chapter #megillah. The disproportion is the point. Ziegler, a faculty member at #HerzogCollege and teacher at #MatanandMidreshetMoriah, spent more than two decades teaching #MegillatRuth in #bateimidrash before committing these #shiurim to print. What she has produced is not a work of academic #biblical criticism.
It is a work of #Torah, one that happens to deploy #literary tools in service of the sacred text’s deeper meaning. The methodology she calls “#literary-#theological,” a term she credits to #Rabbi #ShalomCarmy, fulfills something Rabbi #AharonLichtenstein called for in a 1962 lecture at #SternCollege: the application of close reading and literary analysis to #Tanach, not to evaluate the text but to hear it more clearly. “I have eschewed a pretense of academic detachment,” she writes...”
