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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

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Hosted by Elana Stein Hain, TEXTing delves deeply into traditional Jewish texts to guide and inspire us as we grapple with the concerns and meaning of this moment

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Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews walking past a pashkevil on the IDF draft law in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, March 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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The Rabbinic Panopticon

The world has changed dramatically over the past millennium, yet the challenges we face regarding how we exist in public, and who we allow to shape our worldview, are as old as time.

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Another Way

Elana Stein Hain and Yonah Hain examine a midrashic text to discover how we can meaningfully express our regrets and make amends

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Discussing how to maintain agency during troubling times, and how we look to the future when we can’t yet see the horizon.

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A fish out of Babylon

What does it mean to feel out of place? Tractate Berachot in the Jerusalem Talmud can help us navigate Jewish community in a post-October 7 world.

People participate in a show of solidarity with hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, near the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/ Leo Correa)

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Individuals in a Time of Communal Tragedy

During times of collective pain, when is it right, or even necessary, to close ourselves away -- and when are we morally bound to participate in the wider community?

Protesters raise their fists and kneel in front of French riot police during a march against police brutality and racism in Marseille, France, June 13, 2020. (AP/Daniel Cole)

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Critiquing Power

How do we relate to power today beyond the binary narrative of oppressor and oppressed?