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Being, a Coach in Process

Christine Sachs | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Impossible Goals, Breakthrough, Mindful Living, Overcoming Fear, Emotional Wellness, Adoption, Life Coaching, Talmud, Personal Growth, Limiting Beliefs, Personal Development, Emotional Development, Healthy Living News

I have come to realize that if real change is going to happen -- if I want real happiness and fulfillment in my life -- I must let go of this familiar, known, comfortable way of being. I must let go of all the things I "know" I can and cannot do.

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Jews Should Lead The Battle Against Technological Illiteracy

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Computer Programming, Programming, Education Technology, Video, Talmud, Judaism, Codeacademy, Religion News

By Liel Leibovitz Tablet Magazine Next month, more than 1.5 million American college students will graduate with bachelor degrees. Nearly all of t...

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Do-overs: Netzach Means Learning From Mistakes

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Counting the Omer, Netzach, Judaism, Scripture Commentary, Omer, Scripture Study, Talmud, Golden Calf, Chesed, Omer 2012, Religion News

What can we learn from the fact that Moses put the broken tablets into the Ark along with the new tablets? We move on from our mistakes, but we also take the lessons along with us.

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Do These Amazing Jews Have 'Displaced Talmudic Energy?'

Jenna Weissman Joselit | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Judaism, Judaism in America, Moment Magazine, Jewish History, Talmud, Judaism and Pop Culture, Jewish Americans, Religion News

When it comes to the modern American Jewish experience, change is the one constant. Just about the only thing that does not seem to have changed what appears to be the outsized participation of the Jews in the modern republic of arts and letters.

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Israeli Filmmaker Joseph Cedar Talks About His Footnote

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Tel Aviv, Marshall Fine, Jerusalem, Footnote, Joseph Cedar Interview, Talmud, Philology, Toronto Film Festival, Israel, Nyu, Oscar, Cannes Film Festival, Joseph Cedar, New York, Marshall Fine Interview, New York Film Festival, Entertainment News

Footnote, Joseph Cedar's fourth film, won the award for best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011 and was one of the nominees for this y...

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Prayer: It's Not What You Think

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Prayer, God, Talmud, Judaism, Transcendence, Prayer and Meditation, What Is Prayer, Jewish Prayer, Prayer and Judaism, Religion News

When a person stands before God to communicate, she is taking stock of her capabilities, current level of spiritual consciousness and willingness to accept reality for what it truly is.

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Violence To Preserve Judaism, Or Diversity Of Opinion?

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Haredi Jews Israel, Chabad, Insular Judaism, Religious Tolerance, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Haredi Violence, Ultra-Orthodox Violence, Israel, Talmud, Haredi, Judaism, Haredi Jews, Religion News

The Haredi communities turning to violence have forgotten the essential cornerstone that has kept Judaism relevant, vibrant and intellectually honest through the ages.

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The Essential Jewish Canon

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Jewish Text, Zohar, Jewish Book List, Talmud, Harold Bloom, Jewish Scholarship, Jewish Reading List, American Judaism, Jewish Literacy, Understanding Judaism, Jewish Canon, Jewish Books, Judaism, Essential Jewish Texts, Religion News

What follows is the list of what I consider to be the most essential works (available in English) to engender or enhance Jewish literacy for the present generation.

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Beyond Jewish Blessings And Curses There Is Absolute Love

Marc Gopin | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Holocaust, Moab, Curses, Bible, Yiddish, Talmud, Blessings, Jewish Curses, Midian, Yiddish Curses, Judaism, Religion News

There is something about blessings and curses that are both a very weighty matter, taken with the utmost seriousness by the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud.

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Retributive Justice And Restorative Justice

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Jonah Lehrer, Pleasure, Talmud, Justice, Osama Bin Laden, Restorative Justice, Osama Bin Laden Celebration, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Jewish Response to Bin Laden Death, Reaction to Osama Bin Laden Death, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Retributive Justice, Rabbis for Human Rights, Tikkun Olam, Religion News

There is a difference been retributive justice, which gives us a primal sense of pleasure, and restorative justice, which is about our responsibilities as we try move forward.

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Is The Prophet Elijah Homeless?

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Talmud, Elijah, Rashi, Global Poverty, Torah Wisdom, Judaism, Prophet Elijah, Homelessness, Judaism and Homelessness, New Orleans Homeless, Judaism and Poverty, Tikkun Olam, Religion News

The Messiah will come when we stop building gatehouses and start opening our doors. Redemption will come when the questions about homelessness are not left to a dedicated few.

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What The Talmud Says About Kobe Bryant's Foul Language

Rabbi Joshua Hess | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: LGBT Issues, Kobe Bryant, Vulgar Speech, Glaad, Kobe Bryant Gay Slur, American Cultural Decline, Talmud, Talmud on Speech, Judaism, Cuss Words, Curse Words, Religion News

The Talmudic sages had little tolerance for demeaning, vulgar speech. As the world continues to evolve and progress, let us remember that the ability to speak is a God given miracle.

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A Rabbi Responds To His Atheist Critics

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Shammai, Hillel, Atheism, Talmud, Judaism, Dialogue, Religion, Atheist, Agnostic, Open Letter to Atheist Community, Letter to Atheists, Interfaith Dialogue, Agnosticism, Religion News

While I continue to suspect, based on my own experience, that there are more agnostics than 'pure' atheists, it seems, based on these responses, that there are more 'true' atheists than I'd thought.

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Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric

Scott Perlo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Jon Stewart, Talmud, Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Power of Speech, Nazi Rhetoric, Sarah Palin Blood Libel, American Civility, Metaphor and Media, Nazi Metaphor, Civil Discourse, Obama as Hitler, Religion News

Precise and measured description is now an untraveled path in contemporary political discourse. "Life and death are in the power of the tongue." Let us speak more carefully.

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The Vanishing American Religious Male

Scott Perlo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Differences, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Religion, Women, Church, Synagogue, Religious Males, Religion Poll, Torah, Men, Talmud, Judaism, Gender, Religion News

To the endangered species of our world, let us add another: the vanishing American religious male. Rabbis, priests, pastors, imams and sociologists are trying to understand why.

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Amy Chua Vs. The Talmud

Michael Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China, Amy Chua Parenting, Amy Chua Chinese Mothers, Jewish Mothers, Tiger Mothres, Amy Chua Religion, Talmud, Talmud Parenting, Religion News

There is no one way to parent. There is no one correct answer. Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah were not Tiger Mothers.

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Science And Religion: Fighting For Physics In The Holy Land

Noah Efron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Netanyahu, Jewish Education, Hebrew University, Israeli Education, Education, Israeli Student Protest, Judaism, Talmud, Science, Haredim, Science Education, Orthodox Judaism, Science Religion, Science and Religion, Religion News

The battle in Israel between advocates of science and advocates of Torah, surprisingly ends up to be not about an angry disagreement, but a profound agreement.

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Angle: Racking up Millions as She Spreads Islamophobia

Jehan S. Harney | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharia (meaning legislation in English) is simply the rules that govern the lives of Muslims from daily prayers and fasting to inheritance. Sharia does not -- and never will -- apply to non-Muslims.

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Two Models of Jewish Tradition: Vertical-Hierarchical and Horizontal Pluralist

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Kabbalah, Talmud, Judaism, Ashkenazi, Religion News

The two models of Jewish tradition that we have presented reflect the clash between the Sephardic tradition of religious humanism and the Ashkenazi tradition of magical-occultism.

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So Much Heat, So Little Light

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Thomas Friedman, James Woolsey, Jeffrey Goldberg, John Bolton, Caroline Glick, Judaism, Haley Barbour, Aspen Institute, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Bob Mcdonnell, Settlements, Right Wing, Talmud, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Aspen, Aipac, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Obama AIPAC, New York Times, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Zionism, Israel, Republican Party, Republicans, World News

What I continue to find shocking is that the message, tactics, and unrelenting anger of the Republican Party are becoming echoed and displayed by so many Americans who call themselves "pro-Israel."

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Dangerous Mystic Motifs in Judaism

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Kabbalah, Israel, Talmud, Jewish-Mysticism, Judaism, Moses Maimonides, Ashkenazi, Religion News

Israel's Jewish culture can be identified as the paradoxical attempt to restore Jews to the world of nations, but to do so by an occult process that remains alien to universal civilization and the standards of science and rationality.

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The 11th Commandment -- Thou Shalt Support Israel

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

American Jewish leadership is throwing out the old pluralistic model and stifling the conversations that are essential to meeting our challenges. They are guaranteeing a sad legacy.

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Liner Notes for a Freedom Seder: 4 Questions for the Jews This Passover

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Left Wing, West Bank, Jerusalem, Third Seder, Jewish Settlers, Talmud, Palestine, Jewish Left, Settlements, Passover 2010, Palestinians, Israelis, Gaza, East Jerusalem, Passover Seder, Israel, Freedom Seder, Likud, Republicans, Pharaoh, Passover, Jewish Right, Judaization, Religion News

Before Passover is over, then, let's not pass over the would-be pharaohs of the present age. Let's ask (at least) four more questions, and in asking, remember what history asks of us:

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What Is Pilpul, And Why On Earth Should I Care About It?

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Judaism, Jewish Law, Middle East Conflict, Moses Maimonides, Ashkenazi, Talmudic Sages, Rhetorical Devices, Talmud, Mishneh Torah, Pilpul, Maimonides, Religion News

For those who have any concern with the Middle East conflict or with Judaism, what you know -- or do not know -- about pilpul is something upon which your well-being could depend.

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Upside Down Judaism: Why Are Progressives Studying Talmud?

ReligionDispatches | Aryeh Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judaism, Jews, Social Justice, Mishnah, Bible, Moses Maimonides, Charity, Orthodox Jews, Talmud, Maimonides, Jews and Social Justice, Reform Judaism, Jewish, Reform Jews, Judaism and Social Justice, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Social Justice, Babylonian Talmud, Religion News

What does it mean that conservatives, and some Orthodox, have begun to agitate for social justice, while progressives, traditionally secular, are "tak...

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