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Biblical Sacrifices and Choosing a President

Rabbi Lewis M. Barth
The season of electioneering is upon us. Following the four-year cycle, as in the past, citizens of our nation currently face the awesome responsibility of choosing our next president. In the coming months, we will be courted and regaled with tales and testimonials about the various candidates' best and worst

Rebel Without a Cause

Dan Zemel
A friend of mine once made the observation that America is a culture in which a person might scrawl graffiti on a wall that says "Challenge Authority," and another person will cross it out, Challenge Authority. I love the irony of that observation, and I have always thought that it

I Sing, You Sing, She Sings, We All Sing . . .

Josée Wolff
FOCAL POINT “And when Israel saw the wondrous power which the Eternal had wielded against the Egyptians, the people feared the Eternal; they had faith in the Eternal and in God’s servant Moses. Then Moses and the Israelites sang [ yashir] this song [ shirah] to the Eternal. They said

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