We all need to accept responsibility for the culture that allowed this shooting to happen in order to make real changes....

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According to a new study, the power of friendships gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships in extending not only our quality of life, but in how long we live....

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In the latest episode of "Cracking The Echo Chamber," we are joined by Emily Shire to talk about one of the most volatile political debates about identity today: whether Zionism and feminism are compatible philosophies....

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Have you heard of the latest hot trend in schools? They're called fidget toys, and they are marketed as a solution to an inability to focus. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield examines whether there is any validity to this claim, as well as the deeper truths this exploration can reveal about our own lives....

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The theme of this year's National Day of Prayer reminds us to look within ourselves and our religions to ask for forgiveness and fix what is broken....

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And saying he did puts us all in danger....

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Can a program that connects Muslims with the general population really change perceptions? How do we get America to crack its echo chamber? In our first episode of our new podcast, "Cracking The Echo Chamber," we discuss this and more....

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Pope Francis recently compared refugee camps to concentration camps, and almost immediately received a huge backlash for what many considered to be truly insensitive comments. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield shares his uncomfortability with the comments, but what he also realized may be his own failing (as well as, perhaps, our own)....

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We are excited to announce two new podcasts! One a long-format guest interview show, and another a short-format one led by our very own Brad Hirschfield. Check them out here....

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