Shuly Rubin Schwartz
By Shuly Rubin Schwartz
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Opinion When Dr. Martin Luther King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel taught my dad to pray with his feet
The chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary remembers when her father, a rabbi, joined the March on Washington, and the sermon he gave on moral clarity
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Opinion Standing on Henrietta Szold’s Shoulders
One of Henrietta Szold’s earliest memories was being lifted on her father’s shoulders to glimpse the funeral cortege of Abraham Lincoln. Today we stand on her shoulders and admire the great American Jewish icon she became. Best known as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization, Szold continues to inspire 150 years after her…
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