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Remembrance and Repentance: A Book Review

Bone wet I watch as Council members under rifle dig obediently and the earth opens up to swallow my rabbi and his sons. Mach schnell! I hear in my nightmare… and as I turn to leave, I notice that the … Continue reading

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Yom HaShoah: A Day to Remember

Rav Moshe Teitelbaum, zt”l, the previous Rebbe of Satmar, went through the living inferno that those who survived the Holocaust endured. After some time in Auschwitz, he was moved to Tröglitz, a camp in Rehmsdorf. Despite the danger, the inmates … Continue reading

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Hope in Hopelessness

Last week at the Western Wall, I asked an elderly man to put on tefillin. He strongly refused. I asked him, “When was the last time you put on tefillin?” He smiled and proudly said, “72 years ago!” He held … Continue reading

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Yom HaShoah: Remembrance and Hope

Rav Moshe Teitelbaum, zt”l, the previous Rebbe of Satmar, went through the living inferno that those who survived the Holocaust endured. After some time in Auschwitz, he was moved to Tröglitz, a camp in Rehmsdorf. Despite the danger, the inmates … Continue reading

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Death in Toulouse

Rabbi Sandler of Kiryat Yovel in Jerusalem and his sons Aryeh, 6, and Gavriel, 3.5, were murdered in Toulouse Monday morning, as was 8 year-old Miriam Monsonegro, daughter of the director of Ozar HaTorah Toulouse, Yaacov Monsonego. Binyamin Toati, Head … Continue reading

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The Rabbi and the Flood

Although many prosperity churches hold seminars on financial responsibility, Catherine Bowler of the Duke Divinity School alleges that they often offer poor advice. Rosin argues that prosperity theology contributed to the housing bubble that caused the financial crisis of 2007–2010. … Continue reading

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