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Legends Help Create Community

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Berel Wein writes: Legends are necessary for nation building and community cohesiveness. Legends of holy and pious people and legends about villains and the wicked are often subject to fabrication and gross exaggeration, but they leave no doubt in … Continue reading →

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Standing In Unity At Sinai Temple

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Luke Ford

David Suissa writes in the Jewish Journal: The second event that has fueled my optimism happened at my friend Rabbi David Wolpe’s Sinai Temple. For those of you who were around about seven years ago, you might remember that a … Continue reading →

Posted in David Suissa, Jewish Journal, Sinai Temple | Tagged Aish HaTorah, bible stories, conservative rabbi, consul general, Jewish Journal, jewish lives, jewish peoplehood, jewish unity, Los Angeles Times, orthodox jews, orthodox rabbis, queen esther, rabbi david baron, rabbi david wolpe, rabbi jacobs, reform temple, shock and awe, Sinai Temple, story of purim, yitz | Comments Off

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