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Appeasement in its time
parshat vayishlach – genesis 32-33 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz on Thursday November 30th at 8:00pm Eastern on Clubhouse. Jacob, now called Israel, approaches his estranged brother with trepidation. He splits his clan in half in order to … Continue reading →
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Nov 22, 2023
Conflict Resolution
parshat Vayetzei – genesis 31 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. In a week where indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar and with pressure from the public and the US have appeared to … Continue reading →
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Nov 16, 2023
In Conversation with Rabbi David Stav
parshat toldot – genesis 26 Rav Stav is the co-founder of the Tzohar, a rabbinical organization which aims to provide religious services to and create dialogue with the broader Israeli population. He also serves as the rabbi of the city … Continue reading →
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Nov 8, 2023
Women Wage War
parsha chayei sara – genesis 23 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. In the only parsha named after a woman we continue our exploration of issues raised by Israel at war. In the Jewish State, Jewish … Continue reading →
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Nov 1, 2023
Making place for the displaced
parshat vayera – genesis 18 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Over 250,000 innocent civilians have been displaced since the advent of the Oct 7th war from both the South and the North of Israel. Volunteers, … Continue reading →
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Oct 25, 2023
Abraham and the Birth of the Jewish Problem
parshat lech lecha – Genesis 12 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. What about Abraham was so radical? What about Abraham has created such extremes of love and hate… such rivalry, such animosity, such promise and … Continue reading →
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Oct 18, 2023
A tzaddik in peltz
parshat noach – genesis 6 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Noah has been denigrated for saving only himself and his family and for not saving all of humanity. In a world where victims and survivors … Continue reading →
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Oct 11, 2023
A Single Life
parshat bereshit – the war from gaza Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. As Hamas finally achieves its goal of massacring thousands of Israelis we reconsider the Talmudic saying that he who kills a single human … Continue reading →
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Oct 4, 2023
Learning Torah for a Living
parshat v’zot haberachah, deuteronomy 33 Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. – As we finish the annual Torah cycle we use the legendary partnership between Zebulun and Issachar to explore Rabbinic Judaism’s various and many times … Continue reading →
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Sep 26, 2023
The Yom Kippur Sermon I wanted to Hear
yom kippur – hoshana rabba Join Geoffrey Stern recorded on Clubhouse. The gates of repentance are open until Hoshana Raba so should the opportunities to sermonize. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur war here is the Yom Kippur Sermon I … Continue reading →
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