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  • A Fool’s Urgent Question

    “Rabbi, what can I do? I know I’m a fool, but I don’t know what to do about it.”

  • Christmas In Jerusalem With My Beautiful Mom

    Good Shabbos! Ten years ago today, I toured the Old City of Jerusalem on Christmas Day with Mom. My film “When Do We Eat?” was playing in the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, and Mom seized the chance to visit Israel with me – something we’d never done together.

  • Even Napoleon Could See The Temple Would Be Rebuilt

    “Why are those Jews crying?”

  • My Soul Is Not A Thing – It’s A Channel

    The night I experienced the reality of my soul.

  • The Thief And The Pomegranate Seed

    Before his hanging, the thief made an offer.

  • Hanukkah in Germany, 1931

    Directly across from the Posner home stood the Nazi headquarters. With the eight lights of the menorah glowing brightly in her window, Rabbi Posner’s wife, Rachel, snapped a photo of it and captured the Nazi flag in the background. 

     

  • The Tiny Torah in Space

    As the Chief Rabbi of Holland died, he pressed a Torah scroll, no taller than four and a half inches, firmly into Joachim Joseph’s hand, commanding him to keep it and always tell its story. 

  • THE JEWISH BASEBALL HERO

    Fifty years ago, Sandy Koufax became a hero to American Jews by refusing to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur. 

  • Louis Armstrong Wore A Star Of David

    Louis Armstrong, the famous Jazz musician, wore a Star of David throughout most of his adult life.  

  • The 10th Commandment, Tony Kushner, And Me

    The Ten Commandments prohibit murder with just two words, while the prohibition on coveting includes fifteen. The no-coveting rule is the 10th Commandment – the climax of God’s revelation at Sinai. Why?

  • I’m Salvador, And I’m A Complicated Jew

    I was recently asked, “Sal, what kind of Jew are you?” It was not a rhetorical question.

  • Getting High In The Holiest Place on Earth

    Israel in general, and Jerusalem in particular, is a tangibly holy place. During my recent journey, I connected with its spiritual energy everywhere I went, and I was changed by it.

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