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September 2, 2018
By Robin Jacobson. “I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.” –The Lorax by Dr. Seuss According to tradition, Rosh Hashanah is the birthday celebration of Creation. …
July 5, 2018
By Robin Jacobson. Rabbi Akiva (c.50-135 C.E.) is a storied scholar and hero in Jewish tradition. His name appears more than 1,300 times in the Babylonian Talmud alone. Following the …
June 12, 2018
By Robin Jacobson. Some historical events cast a long shadow, and some words, like “appeasement,” are loaded. Today, whenever a government negotiates with a dictator – whether it’s Kim Jong …
May 1, 2018
By Robin Jacobson. Every year at Shavuot, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, we encounter one of the most fascinating, mind-bending, hard-to-wrap-your-head-around concepts in Judaism. …
April 12, 2018
By Robin Jacobson. In the two years since our daughter Minna made aliyah, my husband and I have been captivated by her tales of life in Israel. But there is …
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