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A week after the commemoration of one modern genocide and a day before the anniversary of another, President Barack Obama toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington this week and invoked the legacy of the Shoah to pledge government action against future mass murder. “Remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture. Preventing genocide is […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:30 p.m. Torah: Lev. 12:1-15:33 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 Havdalah: 8:33 p.m.                                                   It is customary at this point in our Torah lectionary cycle for rabbis to sermonize on the dangers of lashon hara, gossip. We are reminded, for example, of the Midrashic statement that gossip kills three people: the speaker, the […]

Spring is finally here; though, arguably, we never really had a satisfying winter. Sunlight and warmth enter through our windows, and every day feels like it holds new possibility and potential. Especially in New York, when the tables and chairs are set up outside local restaurants, and more people start to gather at the parks, […]

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