Friday, December 12, 2025

Pass or Take the Shot; See or Be Seen?

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On January 6, 2007, a young basketball star named LeBron James scored in double digits. Nothing unusual about that - except that he would ...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Wrestling with Blessing

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I admit it. I watched professional wrestling as a kid. So when Parshat Vayishlach comes around, I can’t help thinking of the first real “m...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Randy Fine’s Kippa & the Impact of Being Seen

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It’s one of my favorite corny Jewish jokes. How do we know that Jewish men cover their heads? The Torah says, “ Vayeitzei Yaakov – Jacob w...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Please Get Up: Yaakov, ChatGPT & the Importance of Being Polite

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“ Ha-kol kol Yaakov v’ha-yadayim yedei Eisav – The voice is the voice of Jacob, yet the hands are the hands of Esau.” (Bereishit 27:22) Yi...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Hope and Holiness in Burying Our Fallen

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This week, a long, painful chapter came to a close. IDF reservists, members of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s company when he was killed and abducted ...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Making the Minyan

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  I asked the man, I saw how many Jews in this town He said to me there used to be a Minyan around, But one of us passed away and we’ve be...
Friday, October 31, 2025

The Road of the Ivri

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There is a story told of a man who was captured behind enemy lines during war. To his horror, he was sentenced to death by firing squad. How...