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Breaking False Dichotomies

A New-Old Currency For Celebrating Our 250th All Year Long

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield

Imagine if we all simply agreed to start any conversation about America or American Jewish life with an articulation of the things about which we are grateful.

Categories Another Way Of Looking At Things, Belonging, Breaking False Dichotomies, Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Daily Life, Inspiring People, Jewish At Work, This Week In Wisdom Tags America's 250th

FBI Chaplains in Israel

February 27, 2026 by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield

I returned feeling grateful for the opportunity to touch the lives of those who touch so many other lives, often at moments of intense crisis.

Categories Another Way Of Looking At Things, Breaking False Dichotomies, Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Hold Dualities Together, This Week In Wisdom Tags Chaplains, FBI, Israel

Children’s Big Questions as Sacred Invitations

November 24, 2025 by Rabbi Yali Szulanski

When we meet a child’s question with reverence instead of resolution, we move from instructing to accompanying.

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion for difficulties, Who am I

The Human as a Luxury: Why We Need Judaism in the Age of AI

August 19, 2025 by Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski

We are entering an era in which people will seek sanctuaries of meaning.

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Building New Identities, Compassion and Empathy, Soul Hack

Is Purpose a Prerequisite to Having Children?

October 9, 2024September 5, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Musings on population growth, child-bearing, and replacement numbers.

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Inspiring Story, News & Politics Tags Growth, Israel, Jewish Family, replacement birth rate

Surprising, But Not Strange, Bedfellows

May 23, 2024 by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield

I had the privilege of spending this past Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with Elan Babchuck at the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation’s national gathering, Dare to Overcome.

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Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Inspiring Story, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized

Clal Counts Up

May 17, 2024May 16, 2024 by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
At Clal, we count up. That is not as simple as it sounds, especially in a world where most people count down,

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Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Inspiring Story, Mundane Into Sacred, Who am I, Wisdom Daily News

Trapped by Trauma: Transcending the Dragon’s Gaze

November 13, 2024January 24, 2024 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Will we have the psychological courage and moral imagination to dare and look into the abyss between us?

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Longform, Who am I, Wisdom Daily News Tags Arab, Israel, israel-palestine, Jewish, Palestine, War

Cameras and Crystal Balls: Thinking Back at 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024

December 27, 2023 by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield

From Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President, Clal What view are you taking as we wrap up 2023 and begin 2024? In … Continue Reading

Categories Another Way Of Looking At Things, Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News Tags Future, Past

Rethinking “Heroism”

November 30, 2023 by Rabbi Geoff Mitelman

Finding the light

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Inspiring Story, This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Wisdom Daily News Tags "Weekly D'Var"
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