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New hope for a new year
As this year filled with so much loss, hardship and trauma draws to a close, I am grateful for signs of hope for the New Year. Americans, including many heroic frontline healthcare workers, are starting to receive vaccinations for COVID-19. The Biden-Harris transition team is already working on a comprehensive, science-based plan to combat the…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — StandWithUs Israel Executive Director
Today we’re joined by Michael Dickson. Michael and his co-author Dr. Naomi L. Baum have recently released Isresilience, a new book which, through a series of conversations with inspiring Israelis, endeavors to answer just these types of questions. Michael is the Executive Director of Stand With Us in Israel – an organization that advocates for…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Monthly Recap: Covid Vaccines, Fake Emiratis and a Latke Recipe
Two Nice Jewish Boys (Naor and Eytan) talk about everything that went down in Israel during the past month. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Two Nice Jewish Boys · #223 – Monthly Recap: Covid Vaccines, Fake Emiratis and a Latke Recipe
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Israeli Olympic Medalist
Out of 9 Olympic medals Israel has gotten in the Olympics throughout the years, 5 were in the field of Judo. Yael Arad was the pioneer, when she brought us the Silver medal in 1992, and became the first ever Israeli to win an Olympic Medal. More than a decade later, in 2004, Arik Zeevi…
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Jewish Life is Waking Up
Premiering Wednesday, December 2 Click here for more information. Many times people come to rabbis with serious questions. But sometimes, rabbis go to one another. This is one of those times. Long before the pandemic, Jewish communal life was already in a state of change. Definitions of what held us together, of how we define…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — The Green Old Deal
“Bal Tashchit” is one of the 613 commandments in the old testament and it literally translates to “you shall not destroy” or “you shall not waste”. These two words are at the center of the Jewish debate on environmentalism. Today we’re joined by Rabbi Yonatan Neril, co-author of Eco Bible, a publication on what the…
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Joe Biden’s potential to bring the country together
Americans came out, in the middle of a pandemic, and voted in record numbers to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Despite this decisive result, the country is bitterly divided over social issues, race and gender. Fully 56 percent of Trump voters said they support him because he “stands up for America’s values, history and…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Making The Most Out Of The Pandemic
If you grew up in Israel, there’s no way you haven’t heard of Aki Avni. Aki is one of the busiest, most talented actors in Israel. There isn’t an angle of Israeli culture where he didn’t leave his mark – theater, tv host, cinema, tv shows and even Hollywood – Avni’s career is simply breathtaking….
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Two Nice Jewish Boys & One Never-ending US Election
2NJB Monthly Recap: Join us as we talk about the US elections, censorship by Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation and how to avoid getting caught being adulterous on camera (hint: don’t do it). Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Two Nice Jewish Boys · #219 – Monthly Recap: Two Nice Jewish Boys & One Never-ending US…
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Your vote is your voice
Even if you have grown numb to hearing that the 2020 presidential election is “the most important election of our lifetime” (and I believe it is), we can agree that this election will have life-changing consequences. Voters will choose between President Donald Trump, who has trafficked in chaos, fear, lies and division, and former Vice…
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Voting is core to our Jewish identities: Repair the Vote
We learn in Jewish tradition that we are obligated to “repair the world” or Tikkun Olam, in Hebrew. The election is fast approaching on November 3rd, and for many of us the concept of repairing our world has taken on even greater importance. We have seen many in our communities heeding this call, who are…
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