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Life鈥檚 Journeys

Jul 25, 2014 By Shuly Rubin Schwartz | Commentary | Masei

In a few weeks, thousands of US high school students will leave home to begin college or a gap year of study and/or service before entering college.

The Power of Words

Jul 18, 2014 By Eliezer B. Diamond z”l | Commentary | Mattot | Yom Kippur

Are words important? This is a question that bedevils us as human beings.

Between Cursing and Blessing, Peace and Truth

Jul 4, 2014 By Tim Daniel Bernard | Commentary | Balak

That night God came to Balaam and said, 鈥淪ince these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.鈥� Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. And God was very angry when he went. (Num. 22:20鈥�22)

The Blessing of a Sister

Jun 27, 2014 By Julia Andelman | Commentary | Hukkat

Among the many momentous events that occur in this week鈥檚 short but action-packed parashah, we read of the deaths of both of Moses鈥檚 siblings, Miriam and Aaron.

The Suffering of Loss

Jun 20, 2014 By Shira D. Epstein | Commentary | Korah

We have grown accustomed to an incessant newsfeed scrolling of horrific natural-disaster footage.

The Clothes Make the (Wo)man

Jun 13, 2014 By Michal Raucher | Commentary | Shelah Lekha

During graduation season, I try to learn everything there is to know about academic dress.

The Working Life

Jun 6, 2014 By Lilly Kaufman | Commentary | Beha'alotekha

In my family, we are not the retiring type鈥攁lthough we do tend toward shyness.

Can the Center Hold?

May 30, 2014 By Marc Gary | Commentary | Naso

鈥淭hings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world鈥�
鈥擶illiam Butler Yeats, 鈥淭he Second Coming鈥�

Last week, 91快播 presented an honorary degree to Philip Roth, one of the greatest American writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The famous author must have received this recognition from an iconic Jewish institution with a certain measure of irony and satisfaction. After all, when his first book was published more than 50 years ago, an outraged American rabbi wrote to the Anti-Defamation League asking, 鈥渨hat is being done to silence that man?鈥�