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After 9/11, America went to war. It was a war that we knew was inevitable, but the American public was told to go about its business while Operation Shock and Awe, as the White House described it, took place in the background. We were only ordered to watch from the sidelines and bear its consequences without participating in its needs and investing in its outcome. Similarly,...


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This week, I stood with the clergy and watched a parade of Shlenker School students walk by in Purim costumes. It was the highlight of the morning as they made their way down the halls through Beth Israel, turned the corners, and returned to The Shlenker School. They were beyond cute and overjoyed to be welcomed by all of us on their parade route.

Purim day is a day w...


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In a world filled with division and hate, religious faith can lead us to moral reflection that leads to social repair. Within the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, our pathways to one God are particular, but not exclusive. We are all the progeny of one first human being. Our rabbis taught that one human being was created so that no one could say that ...


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