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Shemot – Becoming A People
Keywords: 2016, Adin Steinsaltz, adult, airport, American, Amos Funkenstein, borders, child, cities, countries, different, divide, enemy, exile, ghost, Jacob, Leon Pinsker, minute, new year, paint, Pharaoh, property, slave, spirit, time, Zionist
Vayigash – Joseph’s Children
Keywords: amnesia, assimilation, Bernard Berenson, casket, cell phones, coffin, Ephraim, Esau, forgiveness, forgotten, history, Isaiah Berlin, Jacob, Jeffrey Salkin, Joseph, Lamentations, Manasseh, Moses, past, present, remembrance, righteous, slavery, tablets, text, Tisha B’Av, Yiddish
Miketz – Strength Through Spirit
Keywords: aisle, celebrate, darkness, Hanukkah, hid, Judah Maccabee, light, Maccabees, might, military, moon, oil, power, prayer, Rosh Chodesh, shabbot, temple
Vayishlach – Motivational Gratitude
Keywords: act, barter, blessing, body, brain, car accident, FaceBook, family, feel, gift, grateful, grocery, interview, LA Times, love, parking, Thanksgiving
Vayetzei– For You Were Strangers
Keywords: Abraham, All Things Considered, Allentown, Ben Hecht, Charles Dent, crisis, danger, enemy, evil, facts, fear, Holocaust Museum, Islam, Jacob, Japanese, Jihad, Liberty Bell, Muslim, National Public Radio, NPR, panic, persecution, Philadelphia, refugees, screeening, spies, Syria, Thanksgiving, vetting
Toldot – Journey to Israel and Azerbaijan
Keywords: Armenia, Avigdor Lieberman, Azari news, Azerbaijan, Baku, burka, City Of David, cycle of violence, Daniel Gordis, davka, Dead Sea Scrolls, economy, family, footsteps, funeral, guard, Heydar Aliyev, Iran, Jewish Museum, kosher, Louvre, lunch, metal detector, mountains, Mumbai, Muslim, paparazzi, Paris, Potemkin village, Quba, Richard Lakin, Riyadh, Russia, Shia, statue, Sunni, taxi, Time magazine, travel
Chayei Sara – For Our Veterans
Keywords: army, bad, brave, Edmund Burke, evil, fighting, haggadah, heroes, IDF, Maccabees, pesach, Romans, Russia, shameful, soldier, war, wicked son, Yitzhak Rabin, Zionism
Lech-Lecha – Mrs. Noah and Sarah
Keywords: Abraham, Abram, ark, Avivah Zornberg, Baruch Epstein, Emma Lazarus, female, Golda Meir, laughter, Lecha, male, man, Maryland, niece, Noach, Noah, righteous, Sarah, Sarai, Sidon, sons, Statue Of Liberty, teach, Torah Temimah, wives, woman, women
Shmini Atzeret: Rabbi Judah’s Last Wishes
Keywords: biographies, coffin, death, dust, family, Genesis, instructions, Judah the Prince, legacy, mishna, shrouds, strife, Talmud, wealthy, widow, will, Yehudah HaNasi, Yizkor
Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot – “Koufax and the American Jewish Dream”
Keywords: 1965, athletes, baseball, Bernie Sanders, country club, Don Drysdale, Elliot Cosgrove, insecure, Joseph Lieberman, Kennedy, October 6, pitcher, Sandy Kofax, Shawn Green, social progress, socialist, Solomon Schechter, sports, Vice President, World Series, Yom Kippur