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The Blogs Weekly Highlights
Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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Your moral failure is stunning
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John L. Rosove
Dr. Deborah Birx and others may have thought they could do good by staying on Trump’s coronavirus task force. They’re wrong. The Talmud is clear on this
Dan Perry
Stagnant or startling? The election by the numbers
If the Arabs had voted this time in the same numbers as in 2020, the Knesset margin would have been 66 to 54 in favor of the Change Camp
Esther Sperber
This year, I learned the pain and beauty of praying outside
Even as the temperatures dropped, our need for community is so fundamental that our numbers have grown
Jenny Wong
Someone once threw my dad through a window ‘like a chicken’
Asian Americans like me carry generational trauma and it’s time to break the silence
The Passover sacrifice of Temple times holds life lessons for today
By
Avi Weiss
Here are 14 ways to extrapolate from the obscure details of the holiday’s animal offering and improve our own behavior
Ari Perl
Pyramids are not the answer
Each spring, Jews across the globe observe Passover as a celebration of freedom from slavery. But embedded in the biblical narrative of the Exodus from Egypt are radically new ideas that have shaped not only the development of a nascent People of Israel, but also the spiritual and ethical outlook of the monotheistic faith traditions that follow. And one of those ideas has a lot to teach us about how to define a hero, and how to honor them. Among the most important of these ideas is the democratization of...
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Daniel Staetsky
An ode to matza
When I was a child in the USSR, nobody knew why we ate this unusual burnt thing, or even that it was instead of bread, but it was tangible and through it, we ’kept’ Passover
Haviva Ner-David
Let’s not forget we were strangers in Egypt
These joyful mikveh immersion celebrations show what’s possible when a sincere desire to be Jewish is welcomed with open arms
11 incredible kid-friendly trails for Passover
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Susannah Schild
Flowers are in bloom, the land is green and lush, and the children don’t need much more entertainment than the great outdoors
Claudia Miriam Reed
Why I don’t want Jesus to forgive my (Jewish) sins
The very idea contradicts Judaism’s premise that we are here to change the world
Pam Gaslow
I’m learning Hebrew and it’s not funny
Hebrew has masculine and feminine versions of words, which is extra annoying since I have no interest in speaking to any females, ever
Carol Silver Elliott
Mourning the person who is here, but no longer the same
My mother-in-law used to memorize license plate numbers just to keep her brain engaged. Now she doesn’t know me
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Jacob Sager
Our first seder in outer space
When we broach that final frontier, we’re going to need to divest ourselves of the particularism of our Jewish past and bring our ethos to the universe
Sarah Robinson
Why did Moses survive?
Did the daughter of Pharaoh save the Israelite baby out of natural compassion or because a miracle compelled her to do so?
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