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Making Room

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

I still remember my childhood bedroom.  I had one wall completely covered with images that I had cut out from magazines.  They were mostly my favorite players from my favorite teams.  That wall made it my room as opposed to anybody else’s.  It made … Continue reading →

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You Are What You Wear

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

I’m old enough to remember having to dress up to travel by airplane.  I have a very specific memory of a tan leisure suit that my parents made me wear to fly to Florida.  Given all the videos of people putting their … Continue reading →

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Hamas & the Amalekites

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

Shortly after October 7th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared to Hamas to the Amalekites.  A lot of people who don’t know very much about Judaism have claimed that Bibi’s use of that language was a call to genocide.  People who know … Continue reading →

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The Last Word

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

As we come to the conclusion of 2023, we are all wondering what the coming year will bring.  At the end of 2019, we could have never predicted the pandemic that would arrive in March 2022.  In December 2022, we could not … Continue reading →

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