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  • Monday, March 08, 2010

    When Court Jews Defend Moral Cowards

    Of late it’s been a tough time for those working to prevent genocide. Darfur has been off the world’s radar screen for months. Then there’s the poor Armenians. It wasn’t enough that 1.5 million were murdered in a genocide perpetrated by the Ottomon Turks during the First World War. Turns ...

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  • Monday, March 01, 2010

    Why America is the Most Depressed Nation on Earth

    It’s kind of incongruous to be the world’s most prosperous nation but also its most depressed. According to the Washington Post America consumes three quarters of the earth’s anti-depressants, with one out of three women popping Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. What makes the phenomenon even ...

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  • Monday, February 15, 2010

    Was Haiti Punished for Sin?

    Last week I was honored to speak to the Jewish community of Venice at the Chabad House, which hosts thousands for Shabbos meals, and to the extremely warm and welcoming main community. Having just returned from Haiti, I addressed the issue of why a good G-d allows the innocent to suffer. I was ...

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  • Tuesday, February 09, 2010

    Haitian Apocalypse and a Bold New World

    (See photos of Rabbi Shmuley’s trip to Haiti here) Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Nothing can prepare you for Port-Au-Prince. Not watching the devastation on CNN for a week. Not viewing a Time magazine photo montage of blue-tinged bodies in rigor mortis. Nothing.

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