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Essay Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Founder and President of Uri L’Tzedek, the Senior Rabbi at Kehilath Israel, and is the author of Jewish Ethics & Social Justice:… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 10, 2012
Essay Arise! Arise! The Values We Live By Earlier this week, Debra Band discussed how she visually expresses Biblical stories and shared the back story behind Arise! Arise! She had been blogging here all week… Debra Band December 7, 2012
Essay Festivus! Earlier this week, Joshua Eli Plaut wrote about Jewish Santas. He has been blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.Festivus, the secular… Joshua Eli Plaut December 6, 2012
Essay Between the Lines and Under the Paint: Visual Midrash in Arise! Arise! Earlier this week, Debra Band shared the back story behind Arise! Arise! She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.These tales of… Debra Band December 5, 2012
Essay So You Want to Dress Up As Santa?! Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD, is the full-time Executive Director of American Friends of Rabin Medical, as well as the Rabbi of the Metropolitan Synagogue in Manhattan.… Joshua Eli Plaut December 4, 2012
Essay Arise! Arise! The Back Story Debra Band’s most recent book, Arise! Arise! Deborah, Ruth and Hannah, is now available. Her work in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts draws upon her love of both the… Debra Band December 3, 2012
