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Why Be A Jew? - August 2010 - From the Desk of Rabbi Cohon
In 1927 the French playwright, author, and Zionist Edmond
Fleg wrote a long letter to an imagined, as yet unborn (or even conceived)
grandson, reflecting on what being a Jew meant to him. After exploring some
of the vagaries of Jewish history, and his own personal journey, he raised a
series of crucial questions:
What is Judaism? What ought a Jew to do? How to be a Jew?
And finally the climactic question: Why be a Jew? Read the rest of the
article...
The New
Guy - August 2010 - From the Desk of Rabbi Holtz
Two people, each belonging to a different
synagogue, were once arguing over who had the better rabbi. The first said
to the other, "My rabbi is so good, he can speak about any subject for
an hour." The second replied, "My rabbi is so good, he can speak
about nothing at all for two hours."
Now that I’ve used about 50 words of my
350 words column, let me say that in the next few paragraphs, I hope to
avoid speaking about nothing at all. Read the rest of the article...
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