Moshe Kurtz is a Rabbinical student at Yeshiva University and is completing his Master of Science at the Azrieli Graduate School of
Jewish Education and Administration.
Moshe Kurtz
By Moshe Kurtz
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Culture Why Jewish music should take a lesson from heavy metal
Why is it that we never hear Jewish songs about the story of Cain and Abel? A number of years ago I listened to a song called “Chapter Four” by one of the greatest modern metal bands, Avenged Sevenfold. The song describes the rivalry between two brothers, one “born of light” and the other “black…
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Community For Some Jews, Israel Has Replaced God
A prominent pulpit rabbi in Florida once got into a dispute with an elderly member who adamantly insisted on fasting on Yom Kippur, despite his doctor’s warnings that doing so could have fatal consequences. After the argument escalated, Rabbi Zev Leff told the gentleman that if he fasted on Yom Kippur, he would not be…
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