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Did God Kill Egyptians?

Did God Kill Egyptians?

My latest piece about the Passover story is up on the Huffington Post (click here to check it out!) and it is yet another example of how many people read that site. 106 comments within the first 24 hours…and I imagine that there are more to come. I love reading the comments for both the crazies and for my own learning. Anyways – enjoy!

Talking with Presbyterians

Talking with Presbyterians

NEW JERSEY JEWISH NEWS Talking with Presbyterians about Israel by Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner As the only rabbi in America who works full time in a Presbyterian seminary, my life has been complicated, as my friends can attest, by the decision of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest from companies that do business with Israel. “How can you work for them?” is a question I’ve heard at Shabbos tables, supermarkets, and children’s birthday parties.Luckily it is an easy question to…

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Yoruba Shteibel Hits the Newstands

Yoruba Shteibel Hits the Newstands

This morning – all of six degrees in NYC – I stopped by the newstand in Penn Station to pick up the Jewish Week to see if they ran my piece on the Yoruba Church. I was thrilled to see it on the back page, and they also ran a great photo of the minister who was so gracious in welcoming me (sadly the pic is not included in the web version). Check out the Jewish Week.