Seasons of the Mind: Minnesota RabbiKar-Ben Publishing, 1 jan 2001 - 302 pagina's Rabbi Bernie Raskas has been living and teaching his faith for over 50 years. He offers witty, yet practical, commentary on life, faith, and spirituality. |
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Seasons | 11 |
The Celebration of Life | 12 |
Continuity and Renewal | 14 |
Here Comes the Judge | 15 |
May One Pray for the Death of an Enemy? | 20 |
Its About Time | 23 |
The Dawn of Conscience | 24 |
The Curious Case of Kol Nidre | 25 |
The Banality of Justice | 142 |
A Statement on the Minnesota Fetal Viability Bill | 144 |
Arabs and Jews Can Live Together | 146 |
The Tie that Binds | 149 |
A Glimmer of Humanity in the Holocaust | 151 |
Should a Jew Listen to the Music of an AntiSemite? | 154 |
A Jewish View of Mental and Emotional Illness | 157 |
Identity | 161 |
Yom Kippur Teaches Nobody Is Perfect | 28 |
What Made Jonah Run? | 30 |
Why Fast? Jewish Hunger for Spirituality | 32 |
Worry But Be Happy | 34 |
Was the Crossing of the Red Sea a Miracle? | 36 |
MatzahSpiritually Enriched Bread | 38 |
Love Pesach in the Springtime | 40 |
Its Enough to Make Your Blood Boil | 42 |
The Whole Megillah | 45 |
Masks of Purim | 48 |
Shake Rattle and Roll | 49 |
Daily Sinais We Climb | 51 |
Have a Faith Lift | 53 |
Shavuot Combines Nature and Nurture | 55 |
Let There Be Light | 56 |
A Hanukiah Is a Menorah The Menorah Is Not a Hanukiah | 59 |
It Is Better to Light a Candle | 61 |
Maccabees Play to Mixed Reviews | 63 |
The New Year of the Trees | 65 |
Tisha BAv and the Rebirth of Judaism | 66 |
A Festival of Love | 68 |
Genesis is Only the Beginning | 70 |
Should Jews Celebrate Halloween? | 72 |
What Happens to Them Happens to Me | 74 |
Thanksgiving and Torah | 76 |
Issues | 79 |
Rabbinic Reflections on Work | 80 |
Rabin Remembered | 83 |
Toward a New Jewish View of Homosexuality 85 | 85 |
Kristallnacht 1938198887 | 87 |
A Jewish View of Astrology | 89 |
The Jewish View | 92 |
Dissent in the American Jewish Community | 93 |
A New Look at the Old Issue of Intermarriage | 101 |
Time for a Third Jewish Temple? | 104 |
Shavuot The Issue of Revelation | 107 |
Wrestling with God | 109 |
Earth Day the Jewish Way | 111 |
Should a Jew Sell Guns? | 115 |
A Jewish View of the Death Penalty | 117 |
One Small Step at Hebron | 120 |
The Holocaust and American Slavery | 122 |
Who Needs Angels? | 123 |
Why the Jews? | 125 |
America is Choice | 128 |
America is a Salad | 129 |
A Jewish View of the Messiah | 131 |
Boxed In | 133 |
Jesus in Contemporary Jewish Thought | 137 |
A Personal View of BlackJewish Relations | 138 |
The Greatest Mitzvah of Our Time | 162 |
The IsraeliAmerican Jewish Dialogue | 165 |
Myths and Realities | 169 |
My Shtetl Radun | 172 |
The Jewish Badge | 175 |
What I Learned from Going Back to College | 177 |
Thats a Lot of Chutzpah | 181 |
Glasnost Perestroika and a New Era in Jewish Scholarship | 183 |
A Fringe Benefit from the Bible | 185 |
Minnesota Jewry Looks Forward | 187 |
Is the Magen David Really Jewish? | 189 |
The Color Blue | 191 |
As a Brand Plucked from the Fire | 194 |
The Jewish Component of the Statue of Liberty Centenary | 196 |
The JapaneseChristianZionist Connection | 199 |
Halacha kHitler | 200 |
Karaite Jews are Back in the News | 202 |
What is a Jew? The Fight for the Children of Israel | 205 |
Ladino is Still Alive | 207 |
Now and Then | 211 |
Judaisms | 212 |
Slice It or Tear It? | 214 |
Jewish End Time? Or in One Era and Out the Other | 216 |
Shall Not Die But Live to Tell | 218 |
Jewish Women in Hebrew Printing | 221 |
A Rabbi is a Rabbi is a Rabbi | 224 |
The 200th Anniversary of the Death of Moses Mendelssohn | 227 |
A Treasure Beyond Measure | 230 |
People of the Body | 232 |
First Jewish Commodore in United States Navy Honored | 236 |
Are They Still Relevant? | 238 |
Our Hope is Not Lost | 241 |
A Love Affair | 244 |
Jewish Daily Life Ten Centuries Ago | 246 |
The 90th Anniversary of the First Complete Hebrew Reference Book of the Bible | 248 |
The Oldest Known Hebrew Writing Containing the Name of God | 251 |
The Original Words of Jesus | 253 |
The ColumbusJewish Connection | 255 |
Remembering the White Rose | 256 |
The Impact of the First Crusade Lingers | 258 |
Message Myth or Madness? | 261 |
Has the Lost Ark Been Found? | 264 |
The Blue Box Exhibition | 266 |
Life Is Multiple Choice | 270 |
Can a Jew Believe in God after the Holocaust? | 276 |
How Could Maimonides Know More than Moses Who Met | 282 |
The Other Side of the Holocaust | 288 |
Backword | 297 |
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