Friday, May 14, 2021

Fwd: Happy Shavuot From the Straus Center


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Wishing you and your family a happy Shavuot!

In preparation for Shavuot, we invite you to enjoy these articles.

 

Reading Ruth: Grandfather and Granddaughter

Writing for Mosaic, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik celebrates Reading Ruth, a commentary on the Book of Ruth authored by Leon Kass and his granddaughter, Hannah Mandelbaum.

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The Nature of True Friendship

Writing for The Jewish Week, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern reflects on Naomi and Ruth's relationship in the Book of Ruth and what it says about the inarticulable nature of friendship itself.

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Gleaning the Wisdom of Ruth

Writing for The Lehrhaus, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern reviews Reading Ruth, a commentary on the Book of Ruth.

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Friendship in the Fields of Moab

Writing for The Jewish Review of Books, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern analyzes the friendship between Ruth and Naomi through the philosophy of C. S. Lewis.

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Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth

In this excerpt from Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth, editor Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern looks at how the Book of Ruth offers a frame­work for think­ing about our own his­to­ry, both nation­al and famil­ial.

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The Miracle of Osirak

Writing for Commentary, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik recounts the Israeli bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, which took place on the eve of Shavuot 1981.

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"Of Persons and Peoples"

Writing for The Lehrhaus, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin reviews Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth, edited by Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern.

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Border Crossings

In this excerpt from Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth, contributor Dr. Ronnie Perelis looks at how outsiders, like Ruth, can bring with them the promise of redemption.

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Ruth and David

In this excerpt from Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth, contributor Rabbi Shalom Carmy dives deeper into the connection between Ruth and David.

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