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Ben Kamin's op-ed commentaries have appeared in The New York Times and a variety of other newspapers and magazines. Author of several books, and a scholar of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he is the founder of Reconciliation: The Synagogue Without Walls.

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The five strangest people of 2009

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 · 8 comments

No, Tiger Woods is not among them—a lot of folks are “sexting “ and keeping secret relationships, though, admittedly few are as...
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Uncommon rabbi-scholar remembered twenty years later

Friday, December 18th, 2009 · 1 comment

On this Sabbath night and eighth candle of Hanukkah, the name of a preeminent 20th century rabbi will be added to the memorial list at the...
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Hanukkah connects the land to the Jews forever

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 · 4 comments

The continuing small festival of Hanukkah, made larger only by its calendar proximity to Christmas, is a paradigm of the Jewish spiritual and...
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Just what are we supposed to do without a UFO hotline?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 · 5 comments

Yes, a lot of other things have transpired since the blunt announcement a couple of weeks ago by the British Defense Ministry that the national UFO...
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New book is a little Talmud for women

Sunday, December 13th, 2009 · 3 comments

A long time ago, in a world that also pressed against us—especially against women—with guilt, refutations of delight, and religious...
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Hanukkah was the little civil war that saved Christmas

Friday, December 11th, 2009 · 6 comments

Year after year, the assessments begin and the questions accumulate: Is Hanukkah the Jewish Christmas? Which one came first and how are they related?...
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Tiger needs the kind of help that money can’t buy

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 · 5 comments

The sad, even tawdry circumstances of Tiger Woods—proving again that big money seems to buy deep loneliness—remind me of another situation...
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After-life? Got enough to worry about till next Tuesday

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 · 3 comments

The questions about the so-called “after-life” appear in occasional cascades; maybe it’s the annual shopping and credit tension that...
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Morally sound to leave Fort Hood soldiers unarmed?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 · 3 comments

Circulating reports from Israel, where Muslim terrorists have, sadly enough, repeatedly opened fire on civilians and soldiers over many years, reveal...
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‘The Messenger’ is an oracle of the embattled American soul

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It will likely not garner huge audiences, even as American audiences prefer candy and Jennifer Aniston to intellectual hard-ball and the ugly truth....
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