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Brooklyn: Three Jewish talks this week – New York NY | Examiner.com
May 3, 2013
On each of the first three days of the coming week there will be a talk by guest speakers on Jewish topics in East Midwood and Park Slope: Brooklyn: Three Jewish talks this week – New York NY | Examiner.com
Judaica: Rube Goldberg like robotic Hanukkah menorah lighter
December 4, 2012
Technion students design a Rube Goldberg like devise that lights a hanukkiah. via examiner.com
Make your own shofar at Columbia University
September 4, 2012
Make your own shofar at Columbia University
"Learn the entire process of creating a Kosher Shofar from the cooking to the final polishing (sorry we will not be hunting live rams)."
Arthur Green on Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism
January 15, 2012
Rabbi Jeff Marker’s synopsis of Arthur Green’s talk on Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism. “For Heschel the most significant mitzvot are Feeding the poor, ending war, marching with MLK. These are spiritual acts, not just political. These are the acts for which we were created. “Heschel’s God was very personal, but we must do […]
On otherness, ethnic and racial identity from a Jewish perspective
November 10, 2011
An interesting and engaging blog post from last March on otherness, ethnic and racial identity: Passing for White: Other-ness and Judaism
Davar Torah Shabbat Ra’eh
August 27, 2011
This morning I delivered a Davar Torah on Parashat Ra’eh, the weekly Torah portion, at Park Slope Jewish Center in Brooklyn. My talk’s sources include Deuteronomy 11:26 -12:28, Max Vogelstein’s book “Fertile Soil: A Political History of Israel Under the Divided Kingdom,” and “A Homily on Political Messianism,” a blog post by my American-Israeli […]
Two videos on the Jewish origins of Palestinian Muslims
July 17, 2011
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Davar Torah on my brother Robert’s yahrzeit
June 28, 2019
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This is a Davar Torah or sermon (click on link) I gave at Park Slope Jewish Center during Shabbat morning services on June 22, 2019, which was my brother Robert’s 26th yahrzeit (death anniversary) on the Jewish calendar. I gave a shorter version of the same talk at AltShul two weeks earlier.