Pirkei Avot

Shemot - And These Are the Names

By: 
Rabbi Shohama Harris Wiener

Our Torah portion this week begins this way, “And these are the names.” In beginning the history of the Jewish people in Egypt, Torah recounts the names of all the sons of Jacob, the heads of the tribes, who came into Egypt with him. These names are from more than 3000 years ago.

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Can Jews Enter Churches, Mosques, etc? Considerations of When, Why & How

By: 
Rabbi Goldie Milgram
When Jewish Values On-line asked me to write on this question for their website, as an advocate for respectful co-existence of the world's peoples and traditions, my first inclination would have been to give a short "yes" answer.  As I really began to think carefully about it, the question requires a far more nuanced approach.
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