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Parshat Shemot

Moses And The Challenge Of Diversity: Parshat Shemot

Rabbi Daniel Freelander | Posted 03.04.2013 | Religion
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Rabbi Daniel Freelander

As we begin the annual reading of the book of Exodus, we call on our political leaders in Israel to carefully reread this time-honored narrative, seeing themselves as modern-day figures like Moses and Miriam, who have the great opportunity and responsibility to help shape a diverse and promising Jewish and democratic society in our ancestral homeland.

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New Year's Resolution: Go Out And See

Rabbi Mishael Zion | Posted 03.04.2013 | Religion
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Rabbi Mishael Zion

Inspired by the first parsha of the new year, Shemot, I aspire this year to give a new twist to the most mundane of acts: seeing.

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Parshat Shemot: In A Flame Of Fire Within

Josh Fleet | Posted 03.13.2012 | Religion
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Josh Fleet

A new king arises in Egypt. This king does not know Joseph. All he sees is this nation before him, this foreign nation, more numerous than his own. And he is fearful.

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