Benjamin Resnick
By Benjamin Resnick
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Fast Forward Passover haggadahs have long included pictures of rabbit hunts. This year shows us why.
The pictures reflect YaKNeHaZ, a mnemonic for Saturday night seders — and recap Jewish history, writes a New York rabbi and novelist
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Culture Jewish men (and women) think about the Roman Empire all the time. We can’t avoid it.
A rabbi responds to a new TikTok meme, noting how Jewish tradition was shaped by its encounter with the Romans
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Opinion The James Webb Telescope looks at the universe through the eyes of God
Technology lets us see the very moment we have been reading about through all of Jewish history, writes Rabbi Benjamin Resnick
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Culture Should Jews Be Watching Game of Thrones?
As one of the 5.2 million Americans who spurned “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” to make HBO’s “Game of Thrones” the most-watched show on cable in early June, I admit that I was transfixed by the bloodbath that took out many of the show’s most prominent figures. But as a Jew — and a soon-to-be…
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Opinion Learning To Love Chrismukkah
Like many American Jews I know — and like almost all New Yorkers — I find Christmas in Manhattan deeply evocative. I like the smell of Christmas trees and candied nuts, and I like the way Central Park twinkles, and I like the red-and-white holiday markets that pop up like sukkahs all around the city….
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Opinion Can One Be an American Zionist Rabbi?
The Jewish press has been abuzz in recent months with debate about the extent to which liberal-minded American Jews and, more specifically, their rabbis, are distancing themselves from Israel politically, morally or even religiously. In light of this situation, there is a growing concern among contemporary Zionists that liberal-minded Jews will soon find themselves with…
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