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‘May God Avenge Their Blood’
What we must remember when we mourn murdered Jews.
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A Former Catholic Dances With the Torah
For Jews, sacred text is more than law; it is our friend.
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Rembrandt and What it Means to be Both a Stranger and a Neighbor in the World
Rembrandt reminds us of the bond between Jews and humanity at large.
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Bound to God
Why the binding of Isaac is at the heart of Jewish family rituals.
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Why Christians are Reading the Rav
To be a person of faith is to be lonely in this world.
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Rembrandt and the One Gentile Prophet in the Hebrew Bible
How does the great painter render the tale of Balaam and the ass?…
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Rembrandt and the Dangers of Vision
An essential Jewish task that Rembrandt gives us a glimpse at.
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The Miracle at 70
Only the God of the Jewish people could have brought about this miracle.
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The Ultimate Portrayal of the Ultimate Example of the Unhappy Family
What Rembrandt’s etching of Joseph and his family shows us about Judaism, and mankind.
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One Brief Kaddish, Summer 2017
It's rightly becoming more and more mainstream for Jews to ascend the Temple Mount.