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Marigolds Rather Than Walnuts – Yom Kippur 5781

September 20, 2020 0 Comment
Jeremiah foretells a time when a Messianic redeemer will reign over Israel, doing what is just and right in the …

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Remembering and Forgetting – Rosh Hashanah 5781

September 01, 2020 0 Comment
Aside from Rosh Hashanah (literally, the head or start of the year), the Jewish New Year is also called Yom …

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What Jews Learn from Swimming

August 01, 2020 0 Comment
Whenever I teach about the obligations parents have to children I inevitably cite the alternative opinion in the Talmud (Kiddushin …

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Are Stories Stronger Than Hate? A reflection on Liberation 75

July 06, 2020 0 Comment
Lost among all the cancelations due to COVID-19 was “Liberation 75,” a commemoration – perhaps the final one – for …

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In Tribute to My Teacher

June 12, 2020 0 Comment
On June 10, 2020 the Jewish world has lost one of its greatest and least recognized thinkers. Hakham José Faur …

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Leaving a Legacy – Yom Kippur 5780

October 01, 2019 0 Comment
Stan Boutin, a biological scientist at the University of Alberta has been researching red squirrels in the Yukon for more …

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Aging Is Not Our Real Fear – Rosh HaShanah 5780

September 22, 2019 0 Comment
In one of the most moving passages of the High Holiday liturgy worshippers implore God “not to cast us off …

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Hanukkah 5779

December 03, 2018 0 Comment
The prayer added to the liturgy during Hanukkah thanks God for the victory over the Syrian Greeks by the Hasmoneans, …

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The War That Did Not End All Wars

November 11, 2018 0 Comment
Assessing the sheer carnage of World War I and the new and deadlier ways of killing, H. G. Wells concluded …

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Confronting the Past – Yom Kippur 5779

September 12, 2018 0 Comment
A mammalian biology professor once assigned his international students a paper on elephants. The French students chose as his topic …

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RABBI WAYNE ALLEN

After being graduated from New York University with a B.A. in philosophy and Phi Beta Kappa, Rabbi Allen attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he earned a Masters degree in Rabbinics and went on to receive rabbinic ordination. He has served as a congregational rabbi for almost 34 years, taking on postings in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

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