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Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the International Director of the Sephardic Educational Center.

Stuck in the middle

November 9, 2007

Throughout our history, my family\’s descendants have been mistreated, traumatized and deceived (just like me), yet somehow, we always survived. We always insisted, either physically or metaphorically, on \”staying in the land and digging wells,\” despite \”the famine.\” So perhaps our people refer to themselves by the names of my father and son, but their inner character and strength as tough survivors comes from me, Isaac. It is my story — the story of a survivor — that is really their story.

Agnon puts ‘awe’ in services with inspiring anthology

September 14, 2007

I am not sure how your rabbi would react if you sat in the pews reading T.S. Eliot or William Faulkner, but if you were found poring over the pages of 1966 Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon\’s \”Days of Awe,\” originally published in Hebrew as \”Yamim Noraim,\” I trust most rabbis would happily approve. So would Agnon. In his introduction, Agnon states that he created this book so that one may read it \”between prayers,\” as a way of intensifying one\’s spiritual experience during the High Holy Days.

The IDF and Civilians: A Personal Account

July 27, 2006

It was July 12, 1984, my first day on the Ketziot basic training base, my new \”home\” as an IDF soldier in the Givati Infantry Brigade. One by one, we were issued what was then the standard IDF infantry weapon, the Israeli-made Galil rifle.

Israel Wins More Than Hoop Crown

May 12, 2005

Everybody wanted to be in Moscow this past weekend. Leaders from all over the world flew in to partake in history: President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder all made it, as did President Moshe Katzav of Israel.

The Blessing of Bibhilu

April 21, 2005

A book\’s opening chapter is crucial to setting the mood and aura for the remainder of the book\’s journey. Likewise, the opening scene of a film usually helps set the tone for what will ensue.

The Passover seder is both a reader\’s experience and a moviegoer\’s. We sit around the table and read the haggadah, and we also witness a host of rituals. But how does the seder leader creatively capture an audience and draw it into the experience from the beginning?

Removing Theology

May 27, 2004

What does it mean to \”resist history\”? What is \”historicism,\” and why would there be \”discontents\” toward historicism in German Jewish thought, or in any intellectual society?

Settling the Land

July 24, 2003

Realities teach us that building a Jewish State is a complex project, one that requires military strength, spiritual vitality and financial security.

Learning Together

June 5, 2003

In the fall of 1989, I began the process of pursuing rabbinical ordination. Although I would eventually be ordained at Yeshiva University in New York, I did commence my studies as a Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) student, opting to do my first year at the University of Judaism (UJ) in Los Angeles (this was pre-Ziegler School, when the UJ served as a feeder school to JTS in New York).

Our Eternal Light

February 13, 2003

Today, I struggle with my grief for Ramon as the \”international hero\” and for Ramon as the man who my family and I were privileged to meet, break bread with and get to know personally.

Moses: No Orator

January 2, 2003

The art of public speaking is a special gift. In the anthology \”Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History\” (Norton & Co., 1997), New York Times columnist William Safire collects 200 of history\’s outstanding instances of oratorical eloquence.

He divides this compendium of great speeches by categories, including Memorials and Patriotic Speeches; War and Revolution Speeches; Tributes and Eulogies; Sermons; Inspirational Speeches; and Speeches of Social Responsibility. Among the outstanding public addresses are Abraham Lincoln\’s \”Gettysburg Address,\” Martin Luther King\’s \”I Have A Dream\” speech and John F. Kennedy\’s inaugural address.

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