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Rabbi's Reasons: October 2014
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Saturday, October 4, 2014. Cherishing the Struggles: Living Each Day to the Fullest - Yom Kippur Morning 2014. The High Holidays are a time when we take the measure of our lives. What have we done well? At what have we missed the mark? What must we do to make up for our failings and improve our life and our world? Many of us will attend the healing service this afternoon and the Yizkor. The rabbis tell us that Yom Kippur is ...
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Rabbi's Reasons: Dvar Torah for Vaetchanan - A Need for a New Set of Commandments
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Saturday, August 1, 2015. Dvar Torah for Vaetchanan - A Need for a New Set of Commandments. If you had asked me earlier in the week to tell you what I would be talking about this Shabbat, I guarantee that it would not have been what I am going to talk about. I would not have seen postings about stabbings by a religious zealot at the Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, thought they were talking about events of a decade ago, and th...
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Rabbi's Reasons: August 2015
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Saturday, August 1, 2015. Dvar Torah for Vaetchanan - A Need for a New Set of Commandments. If you had asked me earlier in the week to tell you what I would be talking about this Shabbat, I guarantee that it would not have been what I am going to talk about. I would not have seen postings about stabbings by a religious zealot at the Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, thought they were talking about events of a decade ago, and th...
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Rabbi's Reasons: January 2015
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. On Bread Bag Shoes and Insulting the Poor. It's time for the unpopular prophetic voice. Friends, partisan politics aside: Please explain to me why we're making fun of Joni Ernst because she grew up poor in rural Iowa? We're going to have jokes about Mountain Dew giving them a greater lift? Hey, wonder if that guy knows he can get a pair of shoes 2 for 1 at Hy-Vee this weekend? This whole meme abo...
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Rabbi's Reasons: December 2014
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Thursday, December 4, 2014. The blow that knocks the wind right out of you and makes you gasp. The asthma attack when your lungs just don't work right. Choking when you swallow wrong. Emphysema, lung cancer. That leave your lungs incapable of functioning properly. Being thrown to the ground and held down. Suffocation, drowning, these are two of our greatest human fears. I didn't sit on the Grand Jury. I have no idea what...
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Rabbi's Reasons: Boldly Go – In Memory of Leonard Nimoy
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Friday, February 27, 2015. Boldly Go – In Memory of Leonard Nimoy. Tonight’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is focused on the priestly raiments. We learn about the Ephod, the Breastpiece, the robe, a fringed tunic, headdress and sash, the kinds of yarns that are to be used and metals and gems for adornment. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, called him the “conscience of Star Trek.” Spock was a vehicle use...Spock, not re...
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Rabbi's Reasons: June 2015
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Friday, June 26, 2015. Nearing the Mountaintop - We Made A Difference. Forty-six years ago this weekend, June 28, 1969 in Greenwich Village at the Stonewall Inn, police raided a gay nightclub in an attempt to arrest its patrons because being gay was illegal in New York City. Being gay. Riots ensued and, in their aftermath, the LGBT rights movement was born. Anniversary of a 1990 resolution calling for the ordination of openl...
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Rabbi's Reasons: February 2015
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Friday, February 27, 2015. Boldly Go – In Memory of Leonard Nimoy. Tonight’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is focused on the priestly raiments. We learn about the Ephod, the Breastpiece, the robe, a fringed tunic, headdress and sash, the kinds of yarns that are to be used and metals and gems for adornment. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, called him the “conscience of Star Trek.” Spock was a vehicle use...Spock, not re...
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Rabbi's Reasons: Nearing the Mountaintop - We Made A Difference
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Rabbi David Kaufman's thoughts on Israel and Current Events in the Jewish world. Friday, June 26, 2015. Nearing the Mountaintop - We Made A Difference. Forty-six years ago this weekend, June 28, 1969 in Greenwich Village at the Stonewall Inn, police raided a gay nightclub in an attempt to arrest its patrons because being gay was illegal in New York City. Being gay. Riots ensued and, in their aftermath, the LGBT rights movement was born. Anniversary of a 1990 resolution calling for the ordination of openl...
