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Stumbling Block

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

We started this week by observing Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day.  As I pointed out at our community service on Sunday, the word “genocide” has been in the news quite a bit recently.  Now, it’s never a good thing when genocide … Continue reading →

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Some Help for Oz

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

I first met Oz Balas Bareket when he accompanied a group of his students from MetroWest High School in Ra’anana on their visit to New Jersey.  He was very interested in discussing non-orthodox Judaism in the US.  A couple of years later, … Continue reading →

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So, You Think You’re an Anti-Zionist….

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Rabbi Avi Friedman

Way back in 2020 – long before any of us could have imagined the 10/7 attack – a Pew Research poll found that 82% of American Jews said that caring about Israel was “essential” or “important” to what being Jewish meant to … Continue reading →

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