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Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. MishpatimExodus 21:1-24:18 If you watch the news, you have likely seen the same […]

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In a time of crisis, set aside resentments and rouse your better angels 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
Illustration of a donkey by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649.
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Rise above the trap of hating or blowing off ‘the other’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 12, 2021
A group of women lead a sisterhood Shabbat dinner at a synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1943. (Photo/Flickr-Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest)
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How do we save ourselves from ourselves? Shabbat.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 20, 2020February 21, 2020
"Israel in Egypt" by Edward Poynter, 1867
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The necessity of developing a sympathetic imagination

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 31, 2019February 1, 2019
"The Covenant Confirmed," by John Steeple Davis
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The danger of snap judgments

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand February 9, 2018February 13, 2018
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 23, 2017

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