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Miketz – Where Are the Miracles?
Keywords: Auschwitz, boots, conversion, family, field, generation, grandfather, grandparents, Greeks, Hanukkah, holocaust, Jewish family, Maccabees, miracle, oil, Pakistan, Passover, Poland, Proverbs, Rabbi Leo Jung, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, soul, stone, Taliban, Treblinka, victory
Vayeshev – Prison, Torture, and the Joseph Story
Keywords: America, anger, argue, argument, Avram Twersky, baker, CIA, cognitive dissonance, David Petraeus, debate, detainees, immoral,innocent, instinct, Iran, Israel, Japanese, John Brennan, John McCain, Joseph, moral, morality, opinion, Peggy Noonan, prison, prisoners, revenge, righteous, Rosewater, Talmud, torture, waterboard
Vayislach – Our Hidden Anger
Keywords: anger, Benjamin, brothers, childbirth, Delphi,egotistical, Egypt, emotions, fighting, Freud, guilt, idols, Jacob, Joseph, Lavon, Leah, love, mother, Rachel, self-knowledge, sister, slave, Socrates,
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Vayetzei – Jacob’s Odyssey: From Heel to Hero
Keywords: angel, birthright, bless, deceiver, despair, dreams, Esau, family, fighting, fooled, growth, heel, hope, Hosea, Israel, Joseph, Leah, loss, pain, perfect, perfection, Rachel, religious school, second-born, stasis, teacher, war, willing, Yakov, Ysrael
Toldot – Israel’s Blessing
Keywords: Baruch Goldstein, birthright, bridge, challenge, children, culture, DNA, doors, enemies, enemies, executive order, fighting, fringe, immigration, Israel, Jacob, Joshua, Los Angeles Times, Moses, Muslims, opportunity, parents, problem, Rabbi Abraham Twerski, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, rebellion, Rivkah, struggle, triumph
Chayei Sara – The Letter and the Scroll
Keywords: Abraham, business, camel, Eliezer, food, market, marketplace, Rabbi Yitzchak Berdichev, Rivka, Ruth, Sarah, stories, Tader Joe’s
Vayera – Arguing
Keywords: Abraham, Abraham Twerski, Adam Smith, akedah, angel, argue, argument, argument, art, capitalism, China, Chumash, court, earthquake, ethics, feeling, finger, Isaac, Marx, moralist, Rabbi Yochanan, ram, Reish Lakish
Lech-Lecha: Overcoming Sadness
Keywords: Abraham, C.S. Lewis, Charan, culture, ego-centric, future, human being, humility, idols, immigrant, King David, mood, Napoleon, past, sad, sadness, sadness, Sarah, super-heroes, tent, Terach, Wall Street Journal
Noach: Facing Our Fears
Keywords: acrophobia, anti-Semitism, arachnophobia, ark, cocoon, carcass, crimes, cruelty, disasters, dogs, dove, Edward Gibbons, Facing Fear With Faith, fear, follies, greed, guilty, history, internship, love, Mark Angel, Molly, monster, mountain, Noah, olive branch, panic, peace, poll, Portuguese Water Dogs, raven, Ruby, Sam Wells
Bereshit: How It All Began
Keywords: animal, Aristotle, book, creation, David Hume, faith, Greek, Heraclitus, high school, humanity, induction, law, life, magic, Maimonides, meaning, mind, museum, natural laws, order, philosophy, prayer, purpose, roulette, science, senses, Socrates, soul, source, sports, stories, superstition, Talmud, UCLA