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Rabbi Michael Whitman
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Host, Mining The Riches Of The Parsha
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By Rabbi Michael Whitman| The Times of Israel Verified I have heard great things about the movie “Selma” – I hope to see it soon. And it has evoked a number of controversies. An interesting one is the absence of (virtually) any identifiable Jews in the final march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to advocate for voting rights for Blacks. This is striking because Jews were in fact heavily represented at the Selma march in particular, and in the struggle for African-American civil rights in general
By Rabbi Michael Whitman| The Times of Israel Verified This year, there is for us a particular irony with Tu B’Shvat (the fifteenth day of the Jewish month of Shvat, which falls this Wednesday, and is sometimes referred to as the Jewish Arbor Day). Like many, our shul celebrates with the fruits and foods of Israel. But this year, in preparing this celebration, we had to be careful that none of these foods actually come from Israel. Because this Jewish year is Shmittah – a Sabbatical Year
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Mining The Riches Of The Parsha
Montreal, Canada