Joshua Stanton
By Joshua Stanton
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Community The Hanukkah miracle of a UAE-Israel menorah lighting
Do miracles still happen? If you ask me, yes. But as the story of Hanukkah exemplifies, they are often lived out by human beings doing holy work. This week, we might have borne witness to another one. Never did I imagine that I would be standing on a 31st floor balcony in Manhattan with the…
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Opinion How to celebrate Rosh Hashanah while tormented by the pain of others
Our people have not avoided tragedy or chaos. Its rabbinic form was birthed in the crucible of the demolished Temple, crushed uprising, and loss of sovereignty. The Romans killed hundreds of thousands of Jews and sold similar numbers into slavery. But it was only the beginning. Our great sage, Moses Maimonides once reflected on the…
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Life Rethinking synagogue dues to help more Jews
Synagogues may be among the last buildings to open their doors after the Covid-19 pandemic. But they are busier and more important now than ever before. A second pandemic of loneliness, malaise, and grief is setting in. Synagogue community is an inoculation against it. The answer on the part of many synagogues has been to…
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