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Connecting To The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi...
Rabbi David Kalb: The Beit Yosef, a commentator on the Tur, and Shulchan Aruch (two of the most important Jewish Legal Codes) asks an interesting question in Orech Chayim 670. Why is Chanukah eight days long? The miracle of the oil was really seven days, not eight. The Maccabees found one container of oil that was enough for one day. Therefore, Chanukah should be celebrated for seven days, not...
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92Y Flashback - Paul Krugman: “Why was there so little willingness to take on the bankers?” (03.29.11) [92Y Talks]
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“By no means did we sit weeping by the rivers of Babylon. And our will to create...”
– Viktor Ullmann, composer [The Culture of Terezín]
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92Y Video: John Heilemann With Tom Brokaw And Joe Scarborough: Election 2012 John Heilemann, National Affairs Editor for New York magazine, was here last week with Tom Brokaw and Joe Scarborough for a conversation about politics and the upcoming 2012 elections. In the context of Brokaw’s new book about America, Heilemann asked him: “Where is the country right now?” “The...
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