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I Can’t Always — A poem for Parsha Va’etchanan

Rick Lupert — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:00:04 +0000

You Can’t Always Get What You Want came out the year after I was born.

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A Bisl Torah — Senseless versus Sensible

Rabbi Nicole Guzik — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:28:55 +0000

The 9th of Av is an annual reminder to look inward and ask if any hatred has taken root within our hearts.

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Table for Five: Va’etchanan

Salvador Litvak — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:59:26 +0000

Secret Sauce

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The Empty Plaza and the Eternal Bond

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:47:33 +0000

This Tisha b’Av, as we mourn over the Temple once more, it is an occasion to consider what resonance the remnants of the Temple structure hold for us today.

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Love for the Sake of Love: A Lesson from Tisha b’Av

Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:40:30 +0000

Last week, I moderated a panel of interfaith leaders fighting antisemtism and supporting Israel as part of the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council’s conference.

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Life, Love and Tisha b’Av

Hilla Gohary Kerendian — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:36:08 +0000

As if life needed one more complication, my anniversary with life, my birthday, usually falls somewhere inside the Three Weeks, that narrow corridor of 91��ý time when celebration starts to feel suspicious.

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All the Words — A poem for Parsha Devarim

Rick Lupert — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:52 +0000

I’m taking that phrase back – The river and the sea . . .

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A Bisl Torah — Low to High, High to Low

Rabbi Nicole Guzik — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:58:38 +0000

Our constant battle is teetering from low to high, high to low, and back to high again.

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Table for Five: Devarim

Salvador Litvak — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:22:26 +0000

Justice For All

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The Story This Moment Needs

Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:01:37 +0000

In this moment of rising antisemitism, I've noticed that the way I remember, and retell, my own childhood has changed too.

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