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The Color of the Sky
Reflections on the Twenty-Second Anniversary of the September 11th
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
Invest the Holiness of this Day with Urgency
An interpretation of the Unetaneh Tokef
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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…
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
The Hidden King and the One Who is Revealed:
A Shakespearean Reflection on Elul
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
July 2023
A Tale of Two Bikinis
(or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barbenheimer)
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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…
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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…
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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…
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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…
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
May 2023
April 2023
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