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Every year one of my cousins tries to derail the seder by insisting that the story of the Exodus never happened so we shouldn’t talk about it like history. How can I turn this into a productive discussion at the seder?
Every year one of my cousins tries to derail the seder by insisting that the story of the Exodus never happened so we shouldn’t talk about it...
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The Twitter Scrolls- Joseph in Egypt Edition
A crack team of researchers recently unearthed fragments of ancient tweets that had been kept on a remote Egyptian server farm in the Nile Delta....
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An Invitation to a Book Party for "The Jewish Annotated New Testament"
As many of you know I have always been fascinated by the intersection of early Christianity and the development of Rabbinic Judaism. While many of...
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Jewish Scholars on the New Testament? A Me'ah instructor's worthy exploration.
Did you ever wonder what is “new” about the New Testament, but you were afraid to read it? Were you concerned that New Testament editions...
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Ruth and Naomi - who are they?
Join us during the summer at Congregation Eitz Chayim, 136 Magazine Street in Cambridge, for evening Torah classes, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 7:30pm...
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The Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth is customarily read on Shavuot. Although the text of the Bible belongs to the world, most contemporary translations of the Bible...
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Installing a Well, Together at TI
Rabbi Matt Soffer Delivered at Temple Israel, upon my rabbinic installation Friday, October 29, 2010/ 22 Cheshvan 5771. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been...
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20s & 30s
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VIDEO: G-dcast celebrates Yom Kippur with a Musical Story of Jonah
G-dcast, the outfit populating the internet with short cartoons for each Torah portion and Jewish holiday, has a new video for Yom Kippur, featuring...
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Unplugged in 5771: Finding "The Still, Small Voice"
You might be familiar with the biblical story of the prophet Elijah on Mount Chorev, which comes from I Kings, chapter 19. Up on...
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Book Review: Queering the Text
Whether you identify as LGBT or not, if you live in this century you're aware of LGBT issues. From pride parades to gay marriage, queer...
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