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June 15, 2010
Strive Mightily Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
With all Israel assembled around the rock, Moshe raised his staff and angrily challenged the people, saying, “Do you think that from this rock we will bring\nforth water?!”\n
OPINION: Seeking a Bridge to a Peaceful Two-State Solution
On my first trip to Israel, as a high school student in the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education’s Summer Ulpan program, we learned about how the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans brought about the end of Jewish national life. While touring Jerusalem, we were taken to the spot that had been a bridge where Jews ascended to the Temple Mount, and all that was visible were its boulders and stones as they had crumbled in the year 70 C.E.
Brit Brings Primo Levi’s Life in Auschwitz to Stage, Screen
After his liberation from Auschwitz, Italian writer and scientist Primo Levi observed, “To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as to create one. It has not been easy or quick, but the Germans have succeeded.”
The ‘Supreme’ Court?
With all of our attention riveted on who was winning or losing public offices, we might have missed the most alarming thing that happened on California’s\nElection Day. And it didn’t even happen in California.
An Open Letter to Israel’s Jews
Anyone who has the chutzpah to write a public letter to 6 million people needs to explain where he is coming from, so permit me to briefly identify myself.
In Praise of Disunity
It’s painful to watch liberal lovers of Israel feel so isolated. I’m thinking especially of people like my friend Rabbi Sharon Brous, who wrote about her disappointment with many in the pro-Israel community after last week’s rally in front of the Israeli Consulate.
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