Tag: politics
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One People, One Mission
Our Parasha this week opens with G-d commanding Aaron to light the seven branched Menorah daily. Aaron lights the wicks of the Menorah in a certain order. He starts with the outermost branch on the right and lights toward the center, then moves from the outermost branch on the left and moves toward the center.…
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Out of Egypt Part V
On our tour of Egypt I had eagerly anticipated our visit to the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, which was recently re-opened as a tourist site by the Egyptian government. The Ben Ezra Synagogue is the place where the Cairo Geniza was discovered, a treasure trove of Jewish manuscript fragments from the 6th to the…
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For Martin Luther King Day
In 1963, the German born American Rabbi Joachim Prinz, who had a long history advocating for civil rights, participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Rabbi Prinz spoke prior to Dr. King that morning. He said, “When I was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin under the Hitler…
Rabbi Marc D. Rudolph 