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Take Control of Time, Master Your Own Destiny
God could very well have begun the Torah with the verse “This month is for you, the first of your months” (Exodus 12:2) because that was the first mitzvah given… Read More
Manhigut Yehudit Movement Becoming a Force within Likud
Many Jews in America have heard of Labor, Meretz, Likud, Shas, Kadima, but few have heard of a new party, a force emerging within Likud which is on the verge… Read More
Joint Purim Celebration Pointed Us in a New Direction
Purim is a strange holiday on many levels. The story is terrifying and yet it is the most joyous day of the year. The message is dark and disturbing and… Read More
Israeli Apartheid Week at BU was a Sad Eye-Opener
— This has been an interesting week. I spent a part of it at Boston University’s campus to protest against the Israeli Apartheid Week proceedings. This year, the IAW came… Read More
Confront Dating Abuse by Talking with Your Child
WASHINGTON — A few years ago, during an otherwise innocuous conversation, one of my oldest and dearest friends relayed the following story about her 17-year-old daughter: “Sophie [not her real… Read More
Have a Say in How We Live — Attend Upcoming Forums
The Jewish Federation of the North Shore is organizing four community forums to be held in Marblehead (March 10), Gloucester (March 25), Peabody (April 7) and Swampscott (April 13). If… Read More
The Need Is Great This Passover
Are you allowed to serve milk instead of meat at a seder? A woman once asked that question to her rabbi. The rabbi answered, yes; then discretely gave the woman… Read More
The Five Parashiyot — From Money to Spiritual Matters
For a period of about a month-and-a-half each year at this season, there are designated five special Shabbatot or Parashiyot which involve special maftir and/or haftarah readings. Beginning on the… Read More
Will Circumcision Soon be Illegal in Massachusetts?
A group has filed the “Male Genital Mutilation Bill” with the Massachusetts Legislature. It calls for a ban on circumcision for males under 18, unless medically necessary, and with no… Read More
A Post-Modern Purim
On 14 Adar, Sunday, February 28, many of us will celebrate Purim with our congregations and friends. Others will abstain. Some Reform congregations in times past have abolished Purim celebrations,… Read More
The Shabbat Experiment: Limiting or Liberating?
So consider this (and I mean really take a minute and think this through): No emails. No telephones (yes, that includes cells). No TV. No iPods or laptops. No driving.… Read More