11
Jan
Ask the Rabbis | What Jewish Wisdom Would You Offer Today’s Billionaires?
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Moment
Best to hold on to it so you can enjoy your bounty, but make sure you leave some for me.
27
Mar
Ask The Rabbis | Should We Edit Our Children’s Genes?
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INDEPENDENT
Maybe not edit. Maybe just proofread and add a comma or a few comments in the margin. If circumstances require, perhaps add an exclamation mark,...
18
Jan
Ask The Rabbis | How Has Pittsburgh Changed Jewish Life for Your Community?
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Our reaction to the events in Pittsburgh began with mourning for the victims. From mourning we moved to the legitimate fear that comes from living in a nation where easily procured weapons of mass death terrorize people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people and—as always—Jews.
12
Sep
Ask The Rabbis | What Sins Should We Atone For In Our Use of Social Media?
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“Do we gossip? Do we repost stories about friends, family or colleagues that ought not be repeated? Do we believe everything we read?”
31
Jul
Ask The Rabbis | Can a Robot Be Jewish?
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“Would your Jewish robot be like the Jetsons’ Rosie, who’d make perfect Shabbat challah and your aunt’s amazing latkes?”
07
May
Ask The Rabbis | Has Israel Changed Judaism?
“When Jews gathered as religious communities, we didn't have to tolerate significant differences: When we disagreed, we just founded a new synagogue with the like-minded....
22
Mar
Ask The Rabbis | Should Jews at the Seder Ask God to Smite Our Enemies?
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Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that know You not, and upon the families that call not on Your name; for they have devoured...
16
Jan
Ask The Rabbis | How Would You Counsel A Sexual Predator?
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In every contact with serial bullies, victimizers or predators, we must carefully balance natural empathy for the person before us with solidarity and justice concerning...
10
Jul
Ask the Rabbis | What Is the Jewish Relationship to Time?
INDEPENDENT: Time is an invitation. Both words share the same root: z’mahn. It is written: “The life of man is like a breath exhaling; his days are like a passing shadow” (Psalms 144:4).
06
Jun
Ask The Rabbis | What Should Jews Know About the Muslim Faith?
“I used to think I knew what Islam was about. Yet as I came to know more Muslims personally and learned more about their faith, I realized that much of what I knew was either flat-out wrong or grossly misguided.”
05
Jan
Ask The Rabbis // Is it the job of rabbis to fight intermarriage?
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INDEPENDENT
Intermarriage is a reality of American Jewish life that isn’t receding, no matter how valiant the efforts to counter it. The central challenge to American...
18
Nov