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State Senate delegation to Israel takes on a challenge
OP-ED, The Jewish AdvocateBy Stan RosenbergMassachusetts Senate President “We want you to leave with more questions than answers.” That was the challenge posed to our group as we settled onto the tour bus, having just landed at Ben- Gurion Airport. An ostensibly odd objective for a ten day trip, promoted as a study tour and designed…
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Making Space for Complexity
Given that we departed only one day after the attack in San Bernardino, the events in California – and the debate over their meaning – cast a long shadow over JCRC’s trip to Israel last week with one-quarter of the Massachusetts Senate. From afar we followed and discussed – as did many of those we met along the…
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Togetherness, Miracles, and Giving
Neis gadol haya sham. A great miracle happened there; and, so we commemorate the miracle of the improbably long-lasting light by observing 8 days of Hanukkah. While technically a “minor” holiday on the Jewish calendar, it is one of the most widely observed among our people. As the winter darkness seems to come earlier each…
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