Lies can be impactful. They can shape a nation’s fate. When articulated by the well-respected, they are particularly dangerous. Deception is a form of lying; it uniquely provides the employer the cover of deniability. The polemical Torah Portion Shelach captures a nation suffering severe consequences as a result of deception. Shelach’s tale begins with MosesContinue reading “The Lies of Spies”
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A Modern Hypothetical?
the jta’s youth journalism fellowship article discussed the “jewish” stake in the right to terminate a pregnancy. the article touched on that “amanda kleinman, senior cantor at the westchester reform temple in scarsdale, new york, reviewed biblical texts that convey understandings of abortion in judaism. kleinman cited a case from exodus where a pregnant woman sustains anContinue reading “A Modern Hypothetical?”
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