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Why did Yitro [Jethro] Recognize the Exodus while Pharoah did not?
‘Or Torah on Yitro [attrib. to Dov Baer, the Maggid of Mezritch]
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Is the Anti-antisemitism Obsession Creating a ‘Negative Judaism’?: Thoughts on Judaism in a Time of Crisis
“The only thing more threating to American Jews than antisemitism is no antisemitism.” - attributed to Arthur Hertzberg
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Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros
[based on a homily by R. Hayyim Elazar Shapira of Munkacz (1872-1937) in Sha’ar Yessakhar, volume 2, 481-482] - Translation and commentary, Shaul Magid
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The Birth and Return of the New Ivri: Reflections on the “Big Jewish Gathering,” Brooklyn NY January 24-25 2026
“When your heart runs, return to the p/Place” Sefer Yezeriah (Book of Creation)
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Can Liberal Zionism Survive Gaza?
In what ways has the destruction of Gaza undermined the liberal Zionist narrative?
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Educating the Next Generation of American Jews in Judaism beyond Nationalism: The new Achvat Olam Day School in Cambridge/Somerville/Boston
“I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.” - John Dewey
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Hardening Pharoah's Heart and Covenantal Ethics - Free Will and Divine Punishment
On Omnipotence and Ethical Agency in Exodus
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