This past Sept. 18, AT&T Connect Event Services sent the following confirmation to my inbox: “You have registered to attend Annual POTUS High Holiday Call with Rabbis on Sept. 22, 2014, at 3 p.m. Eastern time.” POTUS: President of the United …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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10/20/14
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During the 1980s, I served as a part-time instructor of Religious Studies at Connecticut College, in New London. Every other spring semester, I had the privilege of teaching a course on the …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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9/29/16
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Rabbi Saul Leeman died at the age of 100 this past April 5 – 9 Nisan, 5777, on the Hebrew calendar. His funeral was held the next day at Providence’s Temple Emanu-El; both Rabbi Wayne …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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5/11/17
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In a 1951 issue of the Israeli Yiddish journal, “Di Goldeni Kayt” (“The Golden Chain”), the prominent Yiddish writer, Sholem Asch (1880-1957), tells of the reaction of his …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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2/6/20
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This past Dec. 3, 25 prominent Orthodox rabbis from Israel, the United States, Finland, France, Germany, Serbia and Switzerland signed a document composed by the Israel-based Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding & Cooperation (CJCUC) …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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1/22/16
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At first glance, it would seem absurd to link in any way, shape or form the life of the renowned 17th-century rationalist philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) with that of the major anti-Semitic …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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12/9/19
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At the end of January, not long after returning from viewing an exhibit of 42 black-and-white photographs by Gordon Parks (1912-2006) at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, I had the opportunity to share my enthusiasm for Parks’ work with my …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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5/7/15
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In his introduction to “The Road to Character” (Random House, 2015), New York Times columnist David Brooks acknowledges his indebtedness to Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903-1993). In his …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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3/15/18
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At the age of 90, Ruth Oppenheim remains an elegant woman. Though one can detect traces of a German accent in her voice, her spoken English is both graceful and flawless. Her mastery of the …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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3/15/18
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Providence-based novelist Jon Land writes the kind of action-packed books I can’t put down. Once I begin a Land novel, I accept the fact that I will be staying up late the following few nights, turning pages in order to find out what happens …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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10/1/15
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