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Vaetchanan – Goodnight Moon
Keywords: childhood, darkness, faith, fear, Good Night Moon, hesitation, hope, light, midrash, morning, sleep
Devarim – Religious Freedom in a Jewish State
Keywords: conflict, Crest, government, Israel, knesset, law, opinion, passion, pluralism, religion, Rotem Bill, Talmud, theocracy, toothpaste, Yeats
Matot-Masei – What’s So Special About the Land of Israel?
Keywords: camp, Camp Ramah, country, exile, Israel, Jerusalem, Mecca, Romans, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, SuperSol, Temple, Uman, Yaffa, Zion
Pinchas –The Strength of Women
Keywords: Abraham, Adam, Daughters of Zelophehad, Eden, Eve, future, Hagar, Isaac, Ismael, Jacob, Leah, man, men, Moses, Rachel, Rebecca, Rosh Hodesh, Sarah, woman, women
Balak – Lehitra’ot-See you again, not goodbye
Keywords: Hillel, ignorant, ill-tempered, magnets, Northridge, refrigerator door, secret space, shy, synaggue, uncultured
Chukat – Why Are You So Moody?
Keywords: character, Emerson, landscape, Miriam, mood, moodiness, Moses, Whitman
Korach – What We Teach, How We Learn, Why We Sing
Keywords: essence, French Revolution, Miriam, Moses, reporter, Reverend Thomas, Tennison, wicked bible, Yeats
Sh’lah L’kha – Reflections On My Years at Sinai
Keywords: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Akiba, Ayatollah, Bet Shirah, blessing, Caleb, Communist, community, Ellie Wiezel, family, floatilla, Friday Night Live, Gaza, health, Israel, Joshua, leap of action, Miami, milk, naval blockade, Nazi
Beha’alotcha – A White House Visit
Keywords: 1492, Anthony Julius, Don Yitzchak Abravanel, Emma Lazarus, England, exile, Ferdinand and Isabella, Independence Mall, Jewish Heratige Month, Memorial Day, miracle, Oliver Cromwell, Rahm Emanuel, Regina Spektor, Robert Pinsky, Sandy Kofax, Spain, statue,The New Colossus, Unknown Soldier, White House
Nasso – Wisdom is Easy; Change is Hard
Keywords: bad, change, Freud. good. habits, insight, Oprah, rationalization, regret, Samson, Socrates, soul, will, William James, wisdom