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Illness and Expiation

Posted in Civil Rights, Judaism, Peace, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Torah Commentary, tagged on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This week’s Torah portion, Ta’azria, offers a detailed description of tzara’at – a scaly skin affliction that is understood to render the afflicted as ritually impure (in Hebrew, “tamei.”) The portion makes it clear that the well-being of the entire community is potentially affected by this illness unless and until the [...]

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Rabbi Wolf on Obama

Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Elections 2008, Politics, Race, Religion on March 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I had planned on writing some of my reactions to Obama’s speech this last Monday (click above), but I don’t think I could do it as well or as eloquently as the great Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, of Chicago’s KAM/Isaiah, who wrote this piece today for the New York Jewish Week:
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