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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
What is so shocking about Bernie Madoff is not that he is a gonif, there will always be thieves and cooks and we have all met our fair share of them. That he was able to crook people for so long without them realizing it is what I find most...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Life is all about relationships. We have work-related relationships, we have acquaintances, we have friendships, familial and intimate relationships. Maimonides, one of Judaism’s greatest scholars, wrote that man is a social animal. We have no...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Life is all about relationships. We have work-related relationships, we have acquaintances, we have friendships, familial and intimate relationships. Maimonides, one of Judaism’s greatest scholars, wrote that man is a social animal. We have no...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Israel often makes Diaspora Jews feel excluded from the Jewish enterprise which is Israel As a British citizen living in the USA and married to an Israeli I have a complex relationship with Yom Haatzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Yom Hazikaron...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Reading about Jewish communal politics is a favorite past time for British Jews and the UK’s Jewish Chronicle usually does a wonderful job of reporting the community’s foibles. But the most recent UK Synagogue fight beats all of the rest. Except...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
After six Muslims were arrested this week for plotting a terrorist attack on an American army base I heard an interview with a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He was expressing concern for the safety of his...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
We have all experienced interesting coincidences in our lives. Some of us, however, experience them more often and more intensely than others. But are they really coincidences or is there something else at work here.
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
What does one do when one makes a mistake? First it is important to realize the mistake and admit it and then if it affected others an apology in warranted. I want to confess that I made a mistake and would like to apologize for it. Now...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Matisyahu is now an international phenomenon; he is a reggae singer with a difference. Instead of dreadlocks he sports a trilby. His beard is predicated on the Kabbalists’ theosophy instead of Rastafarian tradition and his clothing places him...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Matisyahu is now an international phenomenon; he is a reggae singer with a difference. Instead of dreadlocks he sports a trilby. His beard is predicated on the Kabbalists’ theosophy instead of Rastafarian tradition and his clothing places him...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Israel is yet again embroiled in a war that was completely predictable and arguably avoidable if proper foresight had been exercised and if the ill-fated disengagement from Gaza had not led to the inevitable installation of a Hamas regime. At...
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Author:LeviBrackman.com staff
Millionaire Business Coach John Di Lemme calls Jewish Wisdom for Business Success a MUST READ Success Book. Here is how he describes Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: "It is Absolutely Jam Packed with Wisdom that is so timely in this...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
There will always be Jews who help their enemies demonize them in order to gain favour. Anti-Semites have always been good at exploiting this Jewish weakness - indeed the Nazis were experts at this. Now in the twenty-first century the Anti-Semites...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
If Moral Relativism leads to chaos and Moral Absolutism to tyranny, what's left? In conversation with the president of a local university he claimed that ninety percent of his students are moral relativists. Moral Relativism, which is practically...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
What, however, should the role of a synagogue be in the life of a Jew? How often have you heard people say, “I am a Jew at heart although I do not go to the synagogue much?” Somehow during the High Holidays Jews seem to flock to...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
This week’s Torah portion talks about the sin of the golden calf. Moses had ascended Mount Sinai to receive instructions from God and the two tablets of the covenant known in Hebrew as the luchot habrit. Moses was supposed to have been away...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Amongst other things, the Torah teaches us the six hundred and thirteen ordinances that G-d commanded us. Many of the Torah’s laws are dependent on the existence of our Holy Temple. Consequently nearly half of these six hundred and...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
“As the plane landed at Ben Gurion airport, the Captain made his announcement: "Please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened until this plane comes to a complete standstill and the seat belt signs have been turned off. To those who...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
“As the plane landed at Ben Gurion airport, the Captain made his announcement: "Please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened until this plane comes to a complete standstill and the seat belt signs have been turned off. To those who...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
On Thursday I received a call from Alan Salkin a reporter at the New York Times. He asked for my thoughts on the anger that existed towards the AIG employees who received bonuses. My comments appeared in today’s New York Times and can be...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Recently a new book was published, which caught my attention initially because of the title and then because of its content. That book is Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander. Although I admit to not having read the entire book, the first...
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