Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is the co-founder/co-director of Wisdom Without Walls: an online salon for Jewish ideas. He is the author of the recently published Inviting God In: A Guide to Jewish Prayer (CCAR Press).
Jeffrey K. Salkin
By Jeffrey K. Salkin
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Opinion When Zionism was maligned at the UN, he fought for truth — what would he say today?
Fifty years ago, one speech countered the onset of pernicious lies about Israel
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There is a straight line from Sen. Joseph McCarthy to President Donald Trump
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Opinion Displaying baby Jesus in a kaffiyeh is antisemitic
Manger displays depicting Jesus as Palestinian — including the Vatican's — erase Jewish history in the Holy Land
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Years before Oct. 7, Leonard Cohen wrote a song that anticipated its darkness
A close-reading of Cohen's 'You Want It Darker' in a post-Oct. 7 world
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Culture Can there be poetry after Oct. 7? A new collection shows how
An anthology, called 'Shiva,' feels like an extension of the biblical scroll Lamentations
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Community The silence from my Christian colleagues is deafening
In a famous Hasidic story, a rabbi asks his disciple: “Do you love me?” To which the disciple replies: “Of course I love you!” The rabbi continues. “Do you know what causes me pain?” he asks. “Rabbi, how can I know what causes you pain?” To which the rabbi responds: “If you do not know…
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Community The problem with online services
By all accounts, the transition from in-person to virtual High Holiday services because of the COVID-19 pandemic was a huge success. Record numbers of people viewed Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, albeit online. Synagogues worked tirelessly to make liturgy and music appealing and catchy in what was for many a new medium. While donations…
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Opinion The coronavirus is transforming Judaism
If you attended religious school, you’ve probably heard this story: It was the first century of the Common Era. The Romans had destroyed Jerusalem, and with it, Judean independence. In utter despair, the Jews smuggled their leader, Yochanan ben Zakkai, out of Jerusalem in a coffin. He leaped out of the coffin, and hailed the…
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