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On Becoming a Shofar
When we comment on the physical rituals of our tradition, it’s usually to discuss what they symbolize.
Why It’s OK to Talk About the Moral Differences Between Societies
About 40 years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued his fatwa calling for Muslims to murder Salman Rushdie, the Indian author was finally attacked and nearly killed.
Herzl Imagines Der Jundenstaat — the Jewish State
By 1895, Theodor Herzl was increasingly desperate to solve the Jewish Problem. Rebuffed by the super-philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch, Herzl turned to Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, writing an even longer 65-page pitch. Rothschild and his wife, Adelheid von Rothschild, were bankrolling Jewish settlers in Rishon LeZion and Zichron Ya’akov.
Know Her Name: Mahsa Amini
There’s something about the murder of Mahsa Amini that has especially repulsed the world, including inside Iran.
A Rosh Hashanah Like No Other: How Agnon Brings Us...
It was a Rosh Hashanah like no other. It was the Rosh Hashanah when I felt as if I held a “Book of Life” in my hands. On that day, for the very first time, I opened S.Y. Agnon’s beautiful High Holy Days book “Yamim Noraim — Days of Awe.”
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