Jeremy Rosen

Shabbat Matot Masei

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Tribes on the March The two portions of the Torah this week concern the route the Israelites took to reach...

The Fast of Tamuz

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Today, we mark the Fast of the Seventeenth of Tamuz.   It commemorates the Roman siege of Jerusalem and when...

Nationalism and Liberalism

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I have always enjoyed reading Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus and Nexus). He is creative and controversial. He covers such...

Shabbat Chukat & Balak

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Alone There are two portions of the Torah that we, in the diaspora, will read this Shabbat. After the crisis initiated...

Jewish Archaeology

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We live in a world of lies and misrepresentations. Nowhere is this more obvious than in regard to the...

Shabbat Korach

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Korach leads a rebellion against Moshe in this week’s Torah reading. Overwhelmingly, Rabbinic commentators condemn him for using religious arguments...
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Shabbat Shelach Lecha

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Who Creates Evil There is a well-known quote from the Prophet Isaiah. “God says: Who creates light and creates darkness: Who makes...

Israel Day Parade NY

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On Sunday this week, I went to the Israel Day Parade on 5th Ave in New York. I have often...

Shabbat Beha’alotecha

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Parents This week's Torah reading is a fascinating combination of different and often conflicting themes. It starts off optimistically with...

Myths

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The word myth can be understood in many different ways. Originally Greek, it literally meant telling stories. All cultures and...

Shabbat Naso

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Blessings Amongst the ideas that appear in the Torah this week are the laws of the Nazarite. Someone who, out...

Ruth on Shavuot

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All Biblical festivals and special days relate to time. Whether it is daily, monthly, annually, or seasonally. Awareness of the...