Monday, May 29, 2017

Why the Custom of Eating Dairy Food on Shavuot?

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Shavuot is approaching quickly. In a matter of hours, Jews celebrate the moment when the Israelites received the Torah at Mount Sinai. What ...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

The New GOP Obamacare Replacement Plan: Same as the Old?

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The Republican Party has been struggling with passing a plan to replace Obamacare. The Republicans attempted it back in March, but did not r...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Yom Yerushalayim at 50: The Religious and Political Meaning of Jerusalem

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About fifty years ago on the Jewish calendar, the state of Israel experienced an amazing event, one that can arguably be described as a mira...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Parsha Bechukotai: Our Homes as a Sanctuary for Holiness

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Some think that to find holiness, you have to venture halfway across the world to a monastery to seek solitude or some other holy site to fe...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Solving the Opioid Crisis Actually Requires Some Government Intervention

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The opioid epidemic . It  is considered  the United States' worst drug crisis. In 2015,  52,404 Americans  died from drug overdose (33,0...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Five Ways In Which Government Policy Screws Over Millennials

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I was talking with a friend yesterday, and she brought up how "our generation makes a lot less than our parents." It is true that ...
Monday, May 8, 2017

Why Jews Are Supposed to Say 100 Blessings a Day

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From when a Jew wakes up to when a Jew goes to sleep, blessings play a pivotal role in daily, traditional Jewish life. They play such a pivo...