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Lev Raphael: S**t People Say to Jews

2012-05-14T11:46:21Z

Wait, you guys have Sunday on Saturday? Isn't that confusing?

He's your type, he looks Jewish.

So he tried to Jew me down. Oops. No offense.

Is ...

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Eitan Press: Time Spirals And Other Insights Into The Jewish Calendar

2012-05-14T00:00:26Z

The shape of Jewish time is different. According to the teachings of the Torah, history does not unfold along a time-line but a time-spiral.

Read more: Omer 2012, Judaism, Mysticism, Jewish Holidays, Counting the Omer, Kabbalah, Shavuot, Jewish Calendar, Passover, Religion News

Mimi Minsky: Back To The Beginning: From Egypt To Sinai

2012-04-26T10:21:47Z

For proper introspection, there is only reflection. We must reflect on where we have been to know where we ought to journey toward.

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Rabbi Ben Greenberg: Marching Toward Freedom With The Omer

2012-04-19T11:14:04Z

We often flow unaware from one moment on the calendar to the next. There are too many times where we fail to remember what we did last month, last week or even yesterday.

Read more: Religion, Counting the Omer, Judaism, Omer 2012, Freedom, Sefirat Haomer, Shavuot, Passover, Religion News

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Abner Ganet's Final Gift of Love

2012-04-17T15:42:43Z

Even as a full-fledged adult, the loss of one parent, let alone both, is a profound wound.

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Joshua Stanton: Why Count The Omer In Sadness?

2012-04-17T11:29:34Z

This year, I will be counting the Omer and working to prepare myself for Shavuot. But I will harness, rather than abstain from, the joy that inspires so many of my reflections.

Read more: Mourning, Counting the Omer, Shavuot, Omer 2012, Passover, Mindfulness, Torah, Judaism, Religion News

Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Following The Path To Redemption -- One Small Step At A Time

2012-04-16T11:33:47Z

Passover is important, but Passover is incomplete. In celebrating our freedom, we celebrate our ability to enjoy life, one precious day at a time. Each day we encounter other human beings and have the task to create and foster meaningful relationships.

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Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D.: The Shunnamite: Majesty Within Love

2012-04-15T15:55:15Z

The Shunammite (a woman of the town of Shunem) is a wealthy married woman living in the time of the kings of Israel and Judah. She does lovingkindness out of a sense of abundance and majesty: chesed sh'b'malkhut.

Read more: Gender and Religion, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Judaism, Counting the Omer, Women in the Bible, Loving Kindness, Biblical Women, Omer 2012, Passover, Religion News

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: Believing In Magic On Passover

2012-04-12T17:53:38Z

I recently read in the New York Times about a study of Princeton University Students who actually believed that they had an impact on the Super Bowl merely by thinking about the game. How ridiculous is that?!

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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Passover's Freedom Is Control Over Time

2012-04-14T07:14:18Z

Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe. Otherwise, we may not be in Egypt, but we can still be slaves.

Read more: Shabbat, Jewish Wisdom, Judaism, Scripture Commentary, Torah, Scripture Study, Sabbath, Passover, Religion News

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Crossing The Sea On The Seventh Day Of Pesach

2012-04-12T16:43:09Z

Every person at some point has a vision of what they would like to accomplish in life, what their true beliefs are and what their innate potential could achieve if activated. To translate that vision into reality is one of our main struggles.

Read more: Omer 2012, Passover, Mysticism, Judaism, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Counting the Omer, Religion News

Rabbi Rachel Gartner: Leave Newsweek's Top 50 Rabbis List In Mitzrayim

2012-04-12T15:10:27Z

As Passover 2012 ends, let's finally break the bonds, and liberate ourselves from Top Rabbis lists. America has enough idols. Let's smash this one (the list, not the rabbis).

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Counting The Days, Up Or Down: Cancer Patients Count The Omer

2012-04-12T14:16:19Z

By Benjamin W. Corn
Tablet Magazine

The mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer, or counting the Omer -- the 49 days from the second day of Passover until the d...

Read more: Jewish Rituals, Cancer Treatment, Counting the Omer, Video, Cancer, Tablet Magazine, Judaism, Omer 2012, Passover, Religion News

David Kersh: Tough Passover Questions: How Can We Accept Killing Innocent Lives To Attain Freedom?

2012-04-12T11:03:30Z

For 44 years I have read, pretended to read, heard, slept through or spaced out through the reading of the Haggadah. For some reason, this time around, I seemed to focus on how screwy and shocking it was that the final action to attain freedom involved a low blow.

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Jack Gordon: WATCH: Faith in Action DC: Rabbi Bruce Lustig of Washington Hebrew Congregation

2012-04-11T16:28:33Z

Rabbi Bruce Lustig shares a lesson from the Passover story regarding the imperative to work for social justice for all God's children, and how young people in his community at his congregation are taking this to the next level.

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Leeat Granek, PhD: Passover and Revolution: Why Are We So Afraid of Change?

2012-04-11T14:33:35Z

The story of Exodus tells us over and over again that all human beings fear change even when all the evidence is pointing towards how much better the unknown will be.

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Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D.: Create A Miracle? Simple!

2012-04-11T14:11:46Z

In this season of miracles -- the miracle of rebirth and the miracle of freedom from enslavement -- I am reminded of an oft-repeated phrase in the Old Testament: "God is one."

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Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Is Peter Beinart The 'Wicked Son'?

2012-04-11T14:01:13Z

Last week, the Jewish community was publicly challenged to consider what views have a role to play in the discussion around our table and what views are beyond the pale.

Read more: Peter Beinart, Israel, Haggadah, Zionist Left, American Judaism, Zionism, Passover Seder, Liberal Zionism, Judaism, Religion News

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall: Sergeant Eddie Schall

2012-04-10T17:21:33Z

As I pushed my father's wheelchair, we passed a homeless man in the street. He stood up and saluted my dad: "Welcome home, Sergeant. Thank you for your service."

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Daniel Rynhold: 'Supposing Truth Is A Woman': The Song Of Songs And Passover’s Freedom

2012-04-10T12:00:20Z

While we need to make strong commitments to create meaningful religious identities and vibrant communities, love cannot flourish through the dogmatic imposition of one person's view of truth to the exclusion of other perspectives.

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Ethan Klapper: Passover 2012: How I Stayed Connected Via Instagram (PHOTOS)

2012-04-09T12:10:59Z

I've been on Instagram for months, but had never felt more engaged on this social network than during Passover.

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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Counting The Omer: Awakening From Above, Awakening From Below

2012-04-09T10:44:06Z

When trying to understand the significance of the counting of the Omer, we can ask the following question: Why do we count up from one to 49 and not the more common way of counting down to an anticipated event, that is, from 49 to one?

Read more: Counting the Omer, Passover, Mysticism, Judaism, Omer 2012, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Religion News

Lisa McElroy: Why I Regret The Religious Lessons I Did (And Didn't) Teach My Kids

2012-04-09T08:09:35Z

It's just not right that my kids go forth in this world without having experienced the kind of celebration at the center of religious observance that is so much a part of most people's life experience.

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Rabbi David Wolpe: The Deep Significance Of Counting The Omer

2012-04-08T22:06:19Z

The Omer marks the 50 days traveling the desert from Egypt to Sinai. It also marks the wave offering of the Temple on the second day of Passover. What is the deep significance of counting the Omer?

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Spring Renewal: Quotes To Inspire Your Inner Growth This Season

2012-04-08T08:58:22Z

German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, "We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.”

Spring is the right ti...

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