Ki Tetze

Recent weeks have seen too many acts of hatred by Jews in Israel perpetrated against Palestinians: A Palestinian shepherd from the south Hebron hills was wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers Monday evening (August 27), Palestinian and Israeli military sources said. According to Palestinian medics and witnesses, Ismail Adara, a 65-year-old sheep shepherd...
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“You must have full and just weights and full and just measures if you are to endure long on the soil that the Lord your God is giving you.” (Deut. 25.15) Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back home in France.  The former head of the International Monetary Fund and one-time Jewish French Presidential hopeful has returned...
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”Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; How he met you by the way, and struck at your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God...
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**This D’var Torah was presented at the Judah Hyam Synagogue in New Delhi, India, on August 28, 2009 If the Torah is eternal, how can our practice of Judaism legitimately change? An article on the Kulanu web site about your community mentions how not so long ago the community decided to count women for...
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When I was a teenager I had hair down to my shoulders and I played organ in a rock band.  I did not like rules.  I thought rules were a real drag.  I just wanted to have a good time, and I didn’t want anyone giving me rules and telling me what to do. ...
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