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Rabbi Leon Morris is president of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and lives in Jerusalem.

The "National Menorah" in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2023. (Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah

Rabbi Leon A. Morris by Rabbi Leon Morris December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

(JTA) — Games of dreidel and the consumption of potato latkes and jelly donuts might obscure the deeper meanings of Hanukkah that Americans — Jews and non-Jews — need this […]

Guri Alfi in the trailer for his Israeli documentary TV series, "The New Jew."
Posted inOpinion

‘The New Jew’ shows Israelis how Judaism works in the U.S.

Rabbi Leon A. MorrisRabbi Josh Weinberg by Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Josh Weinberg June 22, 2021
The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inOpinion

Your political opponent is not an idol worshipper

Rabbi Leon A. MorrisRabbi Zvi Hirschfield by Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield September 29, 2020

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