jeffsalkin

@jeffsalkin

Rabbi, columnist, author, activist for Jewish ideas. Voracious reader and storyteller.

Joined January 2009

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  1. Jan 3

    Who will ever forget “Palestinian chicken”? My remembrance of Einstein, and why I’m saying Kaddish for Marty Funkhouser.

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  2. Jan 2

    I might be a non-prophet institution. But, this is what I see on the horizon for , , and . In some cases, I hope I’m wrong.

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  3. 28 Dec 2018

    was my teacher. I share of his most powerful lessons in how to be human.

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  4. 27 Dec 2018

    Among my : as often as possible, when I preach or teach, I’m gonna try to quote from teachers. Especially women. It’s a start.

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  5. 24 Dec 2018

    Something to read this while waiting for your Chinese food.

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  6. 21 Dec 2018

    It’s been a bad time for the , with the growth of . So why did make it just a little worse?

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  7. 18 Dec 2018

    Yeah, might just be a Jew-hater who uses Nazi ideas. Deal with it.

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  8. 10 Dec 2018

    When closes, it will be the end of an era for Jewish youth. And for American culture, as well.

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  9. 6 Dec 2018

    Whether you spell it or or , you gotta admit: the Times consistently screws around with its meaning.

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  10. 3 Dec 2018

    I did not like the presidency of . But his faith — that, I liked.

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  11. 1 Dec 2018

    running a tribute to who challenges Dana Carvey on the accuracy of his portrayal of him — demonstrating the late president’s ability to laugh at himself. Class move, SNL. Thanks for treating this sad American moment with the solemnity it deserves.

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  12. 30 Nov 2018

    You might have buds who have some ideas. They will deny it. So might you. Deal with it. Make the world better.

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  13. 13 Nov 2018

    OK, so he wasn’t Philip Roth or Sail Bellow. But still. made a major contribution to American culture. Especially for Jews.

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  14. 11 Nov 2018

    The elderly veteran came to synagogue and asked to speak to the rabbi. He has something to tell him.

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  15. 31 Oct 2018

    I really don’t like deceptive advertising should never have been invited to represent the Jewish community in memory of . It’s a shanda. Someone should have known better.

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  16. 28 Oct 2018

    The shooting at resulted in the worst day of American Jewish history. It automatically doubled the number of American Jews who had been killed on our soil — simply because they are Jewish.

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  17. 12 Oct 2018

    — even if we have denied that truth. There are deep religious implications to — and that cuts across all faiths.

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  18. 10 Oct 2018

    Is anti-Semitic? No — but that’s not the whole story.

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  19. Retweeted
    2 Oct 2018

    The history of the Trump family business is bringing out my inner socialist. Some defenses of Kavanaugh are bringing out my inner feminist. The Trump-era degradation of American conservatism is bringing out my inner liberal. IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN.

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  20. 28 Sep 2018

    Why we are where we are today. I’m in a restaurant in Hollywood, FL and get into a casual conversation about yesterday with another man. We are talking about Dr. Ford. Here it comes. “I see her, and I see Hillary.” There you have it.

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