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Celebrating Life – or Death?

Celebrating Life – or Death?

By Rabbi Elie Mischel On January 27th, 2023, a Palestinian terrorist murdered seven Israelis, including a 14 year old boy, at a synagogue in Jerusalem. Incredibly, the terrorist chose to carry out his cruel and heinous murder of innocent...

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The Palm-Tree Prophetess

The Palm-Tree Prophetess

By Rabbi Elie Mischel Throughout the book of Judges, the people of Israel’s greatest enemy was looking at them in the mirror. Though they were plagued by many dangerous external enemies, Israel suffered most from internal division and...

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God is not a Sexist

God is not a Sexist

By Rabbi Elie Mischel The Book of Judges has a standard playbook: the people of Israel drift away from God, God sends enemies to persecute them, the people cry out to God, and then God sends a heroic warrior to save them. As you would...

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