Rabbi Brad Hirschfield serves as President of Clal — The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
By Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
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Opinion The debt ceiling compromise reflects deep Jewish wisdom
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy were right to compromise, writes a rabbi.
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Opinion Promote National Pride in Germany, but Be Faithful to History
Years ago, I was told the joke about a boy who murders his parents and then begs the court for mercy on the basis of being an orphan. Today, a new version is circulating across Germany. It tells of a father who organizes a complex and comprehensive plan to murder all his children. Some of…
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Opinion Why This Week Shouldn’t Be Different From Others
Last Saturday night, American Jews, their friends and their families sat down to the most widely observed tradition in our community, the Passover Seder. Like most rabbis, I am always happy to see people engaged with Jewish practice. But unless the practices and rituals that mark the celebrations and sacred moments of the collective calendar…
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Opinion King’s Spiritual Activism
There appear to be two kinds of faith these days in America. The first, fundamentalism, promotes coerciveness and exclusivity, encouraging polarization, impenetrable boundaries and a deep suspicion of the other. The second, a type of New Age spirituality, is largely self-concerned, mainly focusing on the individual and his or her feelings and well-being. Dr. Martin…
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