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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
It seems so surreal. I have been watching the news that has been coming out of Mumbai, India in virtual horror. Any terror attack targeting innocent people is nothing short of evil. However, this attack has been especially troubling for more...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Ki Tisa was my Bar Mitzvah portion. It always brings back memories of the most embarrassing experience of my life and simultaneously the cause of the most important lesson I have ever learned. As a rebellious twelve-year-old, I refused to go to Bar...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Suicide bombing is in vogue for some of the youth living in our planet. First it was only in Israel but now it has reached the rest of the world as well Not a day goes by without news of a new suicide attack in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
While in Israel last week I heard about the following incident
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Before I begin this article the following disclaimer is in order. Coming from a Diaspora Jew, my comments here may offend many Israelis, who will claim that those who do not experience the difficulties of having children in the Israeli army and...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Sheindy (my wife) has a simple philosophy for increased productivity: “People should first do the necessary and essential chores they do not enjoy and only then go on to do the more pleasurable jobs.”
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The Taryag Mitzvah Project promises to revolutionize the way Judaism is studied If there were a definitive book on Judaism, which one would it be? The Talmud? Maybe the Zohar or Maimonides’ code of Jewish law? Possibly a combination of the...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
As a teacher, rabbi and writer I am fortunate to be able to interact positively with many people. Often people come to speak with me or join a class that I give with a passionate craving for spiritual knowledge and inspiration. Unbeknown to them...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
In order to effect permanent personal transformation for the better, a change of circumstances does not suffice What will be the end in Iraq? March 2003 saw the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. Indeed, over the past few...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Over the past three years the world has seen some of the most remarkable political revolutions. March 2003 saw the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. In November 2003 former Soviet republic of Georgia saw the Rose Revolution...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Over the past five years the world has seen some of the most remarkable political revolutions ever. March 2003 saw the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. In November 2003 former Soviet republic of Georgia saw the Rose...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The recent cowardly attack on Jordan and recent arrests in Australia has once again brought the following question into sharp focus: how can we avoid the looming devastation international terrorism would like to bring upon us? Many experts are...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Germany this week. While there, he visited Wannsee Villa in Berlin the place that the "Final Solution" for the destruction of Europe's Jews was planned in 1942 by Adolf Hitler and leaders of the Third...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
J Street the new Israel lobby in the USA held their first conference last week. The Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren declined to attend but the Obama administration was well represented by the President’s National Security...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The story of Purim contains a universal truth that is especially relevant today: intense hubris is always followed by a downturn and intense contrition precedes an upturn. The trends found in the story of Purim should be familiar to us...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The Emmanuel school affair has become increasingly troubling. Now the sides have become so deeply entrenched in their views that they are ignoring reality. Unfortunately racism and unfair prejudices and even hatred is a pathology that effects all...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Were Ann Coulter’s recent remarks on a recent TV show about Jews anti-Semitic? Coulter said "We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say. ... That's what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
There are conflicting views about the life of Yasser Arafat. France gave him a full state final farewell. Some say that Arafat was a freedom fighter and a hero, who symbolised the suffering and hope of the Palestinian people. Others are more...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
There are conflicting views about the life of Yasser Arafat. France gave him a full state final farewell. Some say that Arafat was a freedom fighter and a hero, who symbolised the suffering and hope of the Palestinian people. Others are more...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The great Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote that a person who has suffered misfortune feels less miserable when confronted by a person in a more calamitous situation than themselves. Similarly when a dejected person sees someone who is more...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
Writing in the UK’s Guardian Newspaper this week my friend Dan Rickman quotes a new book by Sol Schimmel that claims that Fundamentalism is characterized by "fear of truth." He then goes on to say that “Orthodox Jews are fundamentalist in their...
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Author:Rabbi Levi Brackman
The former Israeli national team soccer team coach, Avram Grant, has recently been appointed coach and manager of Chelsea Football Club, one of Europe’s most successful teams. It was inevitable that this move would bring intense media interest...
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