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Mishpatim : Why Rome Fell and We Might, Too
Keywords: Anton Chekhov, Benjamin Guggenheim, Christianity, civic virtue, Constantinople, Edward Gibbon, Egypt, Herman Cohen, John Jacob Astor, John Lukatz, lead, Mishpatim, physician Roman Empire, Rome Titanic, Tucson
Yitro : Holy, Holy, Holy, We’re No Angels
Keywords: angels, Christians, Ezekiel, forgiveness, Haiti, heels, Isaiah, kadosh, kosher, Mark Rosenthal, Moses, orphanage, pickles, prayers, prophet, salt, vision
Beshalach: Have A Little Faith in Haiti
Keywords: Boston, children, Christian, Detroit, Dona,earthquake, goodness, Haiti, Julia, Junior, kippah, Lewinsky LaFleur, lunch, Martin Luther King, Mitch Albom, orphanage, Port Au Prince, Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, save, Theodore Bikel
Bo: I Shall Not See Your Face Again
Keywords: Aaron, compassion, contradiction, face, firstborn, funeral, George Bernard Shaw, life, Moses, night, paniem, Pharaoh, Plague Of Darkness, tie
Vaera – Israel: Where Leaders Become Heroes and Heroes Make Leaders
Keywords: 1944, 1952, 2002, coffee, David Ben-Gurion, Hadera, hero, Israel, JJ Jonah, kibbutz, leader, Matan Dahan , Nazarian, Nazis, Negev, newspaper, Red Cross, role model, Starbucks, students, Terezin Ghetto, Uganda, Yoni Netanyahu, Zionism
Shemot – Faith By Deed
Keywords: atheist, candle, Chinese, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Ezekiel, Gracia Nasi Mendes, Greek, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Ida Nudel, James Joyce, Judah Maccabee, KGB, LA Times, Maccabees, Maoist, miracles, Moses Montefiore, Olympus, Pope Paul IV, sports, Theodor Herzl, Vatican, Zion
Vayechi – One Blessing Doesn’t Fit All
Keywords: blessing, difference, different, Ephraim, Esau, Henry James, Henry Kissinger, Jacob, Joseph, Mark Twain, Menasha, Moses, music, rain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rav Kook, same, tefillin
Vayigash – Why the Whole World is Jewish
Keywords: Canaan, difference, Egypt, Franz Rosenzweig, global, Gypsy, Herman Cohen Joseph, language, Rabbi Sacks, synagogue, teach, The Music Man, tree, tribal, universal, virtue
Miketz – Lies That Look Like Truths, Truths That Look Like Lies
Keywords: Arab Nations, Avi Shafran, Benjamin, Dan Meridor, Greece, Iran, Jordan, Joseph, lies, Manhattan, Moshe Ya’alon, Muslim, nuclear, Potiphar, Syria, truth, Turkey, WikiLeaks
Vayeshev – When God is Silent
Keywords: abscence, David Brenner, faith, Jacob, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jonathan Sacks, Joseph, mosquitoes, Pharoah, pit, Potiphar, Sherlock Holmes, silence, Silver Blaze, trust