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This Yom Kippur, Let’s Add a “Good” List
In the High Holiday spirit of self-reflection, why not add a question this year to our traditional litany of self-criticism: What have we done right?
Satirical Semite: Shoot Me Up, Scotty
The Delta variant is out of control and has 300 times the viral load of the original coronavirus strain.
Biden Must Be Held Accountable for His Errors
Is it possible to criticize Joe Biden without being a pro-Trumper? If not yet, will it ever be?
Memorializing Our Grief
September 11 fell on Shabbat this year. That timing gave us the benefit not only for rest but for reflection, for the opportunity to avoid the distractions of the work week and to think back and remember what that tragic and seminal day meant to us -- and what it did to us.
Where Was I on September 11?
Some Americans who watched the horrific events of 9/11 on television felt anger. Others felt grief. My family and I felt both, but as refugees who escaped post-revolutionary Iran, we worried that the enemies we had left behind had come back for us.
Unscrolled: From Prophet to Poet
In Parashat Haazinu, we see that Moses’ work is not yet finished.
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