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1st Day of Rosh Hashanah – People of Paradox

Rabbi David Wolpe | September 25, 2014

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

Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Moses the Prophet and David the King

Rabbi David Wolpe | September 20, 2014

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

Rabbi David Wolpe | September 13, 2014

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

Rabbi David Wolpe | September 6, 2014

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

Rabbi David Wolpe | August 30, 2014

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?

Rabbi David Wolpe | August 23, 2014

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

Matot : Israel’s Tragic Dilemma

Rabbi David Wolpe | July 19, 2014

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

Rabbi David Wolpe | July 12, 2014

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

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