Concentric Circles
Precisely the intense empathy we feel and express for our “inner circles” enables us to feel genuine concern for those in more distant ones.
Category: Judaism
Letter to the editor in the Five Towns Jewish Times
The letter below, from the Philadelphia Rosh HaYeshiva, appears in the current issue of the Five Towns Jewish Times Dear Editor: It has come to my attention that a recent article published in this...
Emanuel and Beyond
by Doron Beckerman Yoav Lalloum is no newcomer to the anti-discrimination scene. His Noar Kahalachah organization was established in 2002 in order to eradicate the ongoing rejection and humiliation of Sefardi applicants to Ashkenazi-run...
How will we be remembered?
Recently, I attended a speech by the person to whom I invariably turn whenever I need advice. His subject was the human relations aspects of creating a successful organizational team. My friend drew liberally...
Not This Month: We Are a Good People — and It is Good to Pause and Recognize It
By Dov Fischer The recent brouhaha in Israel, occasioned by an unfortunate rush to pre-judgment by the Israeli High Court of Justice, raises a question for us all to consider: How do we indeed...
An Elegant Afterword on Emanuel
One of the several Emanuel pieces in Mishpacha this week concludes with one of the most helpful summaries I have seen to date. No posturing, no delusions. Enough open-mindedness to distribute blame and responsibility...
“Ethnic Prejudice” Neither Ethnic Nor Prejudice
The essay below, this week’s Am Echad Resources submission, was written for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which made it available to its subscribers(under a different title than the one below) and has graciously granted...
I Accompanied the Women of Emanuel to Court Today
by Rivka Gedalia Eight o’clock in the morning, Tuesday June 22, a cool breeze blew over the Shomron hills as the mothers of the Beis Yaakov Chasidi gathered at the chartered bus headed to...
Avoiding Corruption in Shidduchim
In the fiction of my favorite frum novelist, Dov Haller, there are no real villains: No one is judged without the omniscient author explaining everything that brought him to his present situation(l’m’komo). Nevertheless, if...
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