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47 years ago today, The CN Tower, up until 2007 the tallest freestanding structure in the world, opened its doors in my hometown of Toronto. About 1,800 feet tall, it was and is a truly imposing structure, and a testament to the capabilities of our civilization to reach for the sky.
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Last year at this time, I wrote about my commitment to learn more about the experience of African Americans, and to develop a better understanding of the history of our friends and neighbors. One of the things I researched was the evolution of Juneteenth celebrations, first in Texas, then in…
I’ve been privileged to hear from great speakers on Israel and Jewish issues for many years. Listening to Avital Sharansky speak in 1984 about her husband Natan (then Anatoly) imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag got me started on a lifetime of activism and advocacy in the Jewish world. I’ve l…
Hillel said, "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor, that is the entire Torah, the rest is just commentary, now go and study." Shabbat 31a
The passage above is familiar to many Jews, and it is a self-explanatory interpretation of the famous passage - Love your neighbor as yours…
I can remember it very well. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in May 1991, as I left work in Toronto - I was teaching 7th grade English at the time at a yeshiva - it was a Friday, and I was headed home. I turned right out of the parking lot, then left, and that's when I heard it.
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