Author Archives: davka

Let’s all do the al chet (1)

Posted on 2017/09/25 by davka

[A slight vari­ant of this page appears here 10 times. In each the text remains essen­tial­ly the same. How­ev­er, I will add a link to a new “sur­vey” each time.] I have writ­ten else­where, that I came to the rab­binate out of “poli­ty” not “piety”. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Fake News vs. Truth a case of Goliath vs. David

Posted on 2016/12/10 by davka

Is Fake News vs. Truth a case of Goliath vs. David? Once we knew one truth Over forty years ago, Rab­bi Richard N. Levy wrote a para­graph that entered the Gates of Prayer Sid­dur. I quot­ed from it in a ser­mon dur­ing the Clin­ton impeach­ment hear­ings … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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