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The Color of the Sky
Reflections on the Twenty-Second Anniversary of the September 11th
Sep 11
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Invest the Holiness of this Day with Urgency
An interpretation of the Unetaneh Tokef
Sep 6
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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August 2023
As Unclear as the Prosthetic Nose on His Face
Bradley Cooper is the driving force behind the movie Maestro which gives the life of musical genius Leonard Bernstein the treatment of a feature length…
Aug 17
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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The Hidden King and the One Who is Revealed:
A Shakespearean Reflection on Elul
Aug 17
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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July 2023
A Tale of Two Bikinis
(or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barbenheimer)
Jul 25
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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The Bell and the Shofar
The words inscribed on the liberty bell are found in substance in the book of Leviticus: “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout the Land and to All the…
Jul 5
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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June 2023
As All Human Beings Meet Their End
When the Adriana sank off the coast of Greece it was carrying hundreds of passengers, perhaps as many as 750 but more likely closer to 500 men, women…
Jun 23
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Learning from Aaron.... Burr
Today, I want to talk about Aaron. No, not that one. Aaron Burr. Of course, it would have been even more unlikely to talk about Aaron Burr about 8 years…
Jun 14
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Why Are There So Many Songs about Rainbows?
For sure these words evoke for many the image of a frog playing a banjo and singing in a plaintive warble. Although, I suppose, for those that do not…
Jun 4
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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May 2023
The Angel Belafonte: Holiness in All Its Forms
A friend* brought to my attention a movie from 1970 called The Angel Levine in which a Jewish man played by Zero Mostel loses hope in his life until an…
May 1
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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April 2023
Remembering the Day, Facing the Legacy
Yom Hashoah on which we remember the monstrous destruction wreaked upon the Jewish people by the Nazis and their allies during the Holocaust always…
Apr 19
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Sacred Occasions and Everything In Between
The confluence of Passover, Easter, and Ramadan this year is remarkable not only for three Abrahamic religions finding a common moment of celebration…
Apr 10
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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