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1st Day of Rosh Hashanah – People of Paradox
Keywords: 1914, 1983, absurdity, algorithm, Angela Merkel, anti-Semitism, Assyrian Empire, Azerbaijan, Babylonian Empire, blessing, blind, Boko Harum, Byzantine Empire, Calcutta, China, clever, cleverness, Congo, cousins, danger, enemies, Esau, Europe, Franz Ferdinand, friends, funeral, Gavrilo Princip, golf, gratitude, hatred, Iran, Isaac, Jacob, joke, Kaiser Wilhelm II, King George V, mandate, Martian, missile, money, Montana, nation, New York Times, Ottoman Empire, paradox, persecution, Persia, power, prayers, Roman Empire, Ronald Regan, ruthless, siren, smart, Soviet Union, spirituality, Stanislav Petrov, threat, Tibet, tragedy, Tsar Nicholas II, United States, unthinkable, vicious, wealth, Westwood, WWI
Erev Rosh Hashana – Recommitment
Keywords: Akiba, asleep, commitment, despair, doctor, Hanukkah, Hunter Thompson, joke, Middle Ages, miracle, mistakes, risk, shofar, sleep, thunder, wake, wakefulness, Winston Churchill
Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Moses the Prophet and David the King
Keywords: Aaron, Amazon, answer, betrayal, bookstore, Canada, children, David, David Ben-Gurion, deeds, desert, Diaspora, dreamer, dreams, frustration, government, Honoré de Balzac, Joshua, land, law, Mexico, milk and honey, Miriam, Moses, Oz, parking, perfection, prophet, question, reality, repentance, responsibility, Sinai, Solomon Schechter, statesman, wedding, Zion
Ki Tavo: Good and Evil
Keywords: apologize, assault, atrocities, beheading, chuva, collective, confession, confessional, doctor, elevator, evil, Goethe, gossip, growth, innocent, introspection, Kotzker Rebbe, ladder, love, mirrors, Ray Rice, reflect, sin, singles, Socrates, speech, Yom Kippur
Ki Teitzei: The Known Unknowns
Keywords: awareness, Chaim Halberstam, change, confessional, consciousness, Donald Rumsfeld, ego, government, honest, infinite, issues, known, kotzker rebbe, magic wand, Novalis, perfect, perspective, repentance, Rosh Hashanah, self-knowledge, soul, teshuva, unknown, vulnerable, Yom Kippur
Shoftim : Ferguson and Cushing: America’s History and Destiny
Keywords: absence, African-American, Alonzo Cushing, America, black, Civil War, compassion, Ellis Island, Ferguson, gates, Gettysburg,Harrisburg, Jim Crow, judges, Los Angeles, Medal Of Honor, mountain, Philadelphia, Picket’s Charge, presence, Robert E. Lee, segregated, slavery, stranger
Re’eh : Can We Still Be Hopeful About the World?
Keywords: Abba Eban, anti-Semitism, Azerbaijan, beheading, David Siegel, Deborah Lipstadt, despair, Deuteronomy, Egypt, evil, fear, Federal Building, genocide, ISIS, joy, love, lunch, medieval, Muslim, New York Times, news, Shimon Peres, Steven Pinker, telegram, terrorism, wars, women, worry
Eikev : The Summer of Our Discontent
Keywords: anger, anti-Semitism, baby-killers, Britain, calm, child-killers, crisis, Ebola, Ferguson, fury, Gaza, Liberia, listen, quiet, Robin Williams, summer, tragedy, Ukraine, vacation, Wall Street Journal
Matot : Israel’s Tragic Dilemma
Keywords: 1967,airliner, anti-Semitism, Anwar Sadat, Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, children, disproportionate, Egypt, El Al, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Gaza, ground troupes, hopeless, hopeless, invasion, Iran, Isaac Bashevis Singer, John Stewart, Jordan, kill, Malaysian, Menachem Begin, nuclear, occupation, painful, painful, powerlessness, proportion, rockets, safety, terrorist, threat, violence, war, world stage
Pinchas : Three Short Sermons on Israel
Keywords: Abu Khadir, ashamed, Baruch Goldstein, beat, burn, Catholic, change, damage, despair, Egypt, enemies, extremist, Hamas, hate, hatred, Hillel, India, insane, Iran, Iraq, Israel Defense Forces, Jake Tapper, Jeffrey Goldberg, kick, Kurds, Lebanon, Leon Wieseltier, mainspring, Meir Kahane, Muslim, never, New York Board Of Rabbis, peace, points, police, prayer, Protestant, Rabbi Tarfon, resentment, rockets, shame, shame, Sherri Mandell, soul, state, Syria, teenage, terror, three sermons, Turkey, violent, war, work