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  Cultivating the Inner Self

  Cultivating the Inner Self “Original” is not a word often used in connection with a code of Jewish law. In general, the...

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  Yoram Hazony – What Are Jewish Conservatives Trying to Conserve?

  Yoram Hazony I applaud Eric Cohen’s statement of Jewish conservative belief published recently in Mosaic magazine, as well as his suggestion that...

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  Eric Cohen – The Spirit of Jewish Conservatism

      Eric Cohen About the author Eric Cohen is executive director of the Tikvah Fund. He is the author of In the Shadow...

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  Tsvi Bisk – Intro to the Optimistic Jew

       Israelseen is  honored to present this new series by Tsvi Bisk  from his book the “Optimistic Jew”.    Tsvi Bisk The...

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  Michael Shine – Why does the United Nations (and the left-wing liberal Western World) hate Israel?

       Michael Shine : The United Nations that we know today was formed in 1949 with an initial membership of 58 members....

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  In memoriam Eyal, Gilad and Naftali

     In memoriam Eyal, Gilad and Naftali   by Rav. Jonathan Sacks,.This past Shabbat we read the parsha of Chukkat with its almost...

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  Miriam, Moses’ Friend – Chukkat – Leadership

        Miriam, Moses’ Friend Moses’ subsequent behaviour is extraordinary. He takes the staff. He and Aaron gather the people. Then...

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  The West unable to justify its commitments to freedom and democracy

  By Jonathan Sacks.   In the beginning were the angry atheists: Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and their heaven-less hosts. Then came the...

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  The Game Is Bigger Than The Team

             The Game Is Bigger Than The Team By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. So the battle for the World Cup has finally...

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  Confidence – Hope is the belief that together we can make things better.

    Confidence “Optimism is the belief that things will get better; hope is the belief that together we can make things better.”...

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  Influence or Power? Beha’alotcha

    Influence or Power ; Sculpture by Phillip Ratner/Ratner Museum. Commentary By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. There is a lovely moment in this...

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  The Politics of Envy – Naso

    Politics of Envy. Few things in the Torah are more revolutionary than its conception of leadership.  by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.   Politics...

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  Leading a Nation of Individuals – Bamidbar

      Nation of Individuals. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The book of Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why...

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  Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond

       Religious liberty’s under threat : By Daniel Treiman Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond. “Today,...

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  Followership – Kedoshim – the Great “holiness code”

   Followership By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. There is a fascinating sequence of commands in the great “holiness code” with which our parsha begins,...

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  Seasons of Love – Three biblical books about love

  Seasons of Love:Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes     By Rav. Jonathan Sacks   Seasons of Love   Shir HaShirim...

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  Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked” son’s question

    Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked” son’s question. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.   Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked”...

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  Passover-How It Tells its Story, The Unasked Question, and The Jewish Task

        All three taken from the Jonathan Sacks Haggada. As Passover ( Pesach) approaches I thought it would nice to...

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  Sprints and Marathons – Acharei Mot

      Sprints and Marathons   By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It was a unique, unrepeatable moment of leadership at its highest height. For forty...

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  How To Praise – subject of lashon hara, evil speech – Metsorah

                By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. How To Praise. The sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, evil speech, the sin...