“an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” – Variously attributed to both the Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr, but also already expressed in the legislation of the ancient rabbis of the Talmud In this preparatory period which is the month of Elul, we are encouraged by our tradition to believeContinue reading “Shabbat Ki Tetze: Tit For Tat?”
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Kol Nidre: thanking the Movement for Black Lives
Why I have to thank the Movement for Black Lives for helping me to clarify my Jewish identity. Once upon a time, years ago during a visit to London, I took a tour to a town called Salisbury where I actually got to see a copy of the Magna Carta. I love historical artifacts, and soContinue reading “Kol Nidre: thanking the Movement for Black Lives”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 