Confronting the idea of being “chosen”

By mmoncaster April 12, 2011

I came across an article about the concept of Jews being the chosen people via the JTA website. It’s written by Aryeh Tepper, and attempts to tackle what can be one of the most puzzling aspects in Jewish tradition.  Tepper was spot on when he said that many modern Jews are almost ashamed of the…

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Reading List: “Settlers: The Video Game”

By David A.M. Wilensky April 12, 2011

Those crazy West Bank settlers have created a video game for us young people so we can have fun while learning to agree with the settlers. Right. [Tablet] The greatest bracket you will ever see is the annual Name of The Year competition, which I take very seriously. So let’s all give Shalom Dreampeace Compost…

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Let my people go…home

By jcohen April 12, 2011

This term, my parents and I put on our most stoic of faces and parted ways knowing that I, for the first time ever, would not be home for Passover. The three of us encouraged each other that this was the best of plans; I would be spending the first and second seder at school…

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