Parashat Hashavua November 25/26

‍‍Fri 25 November, 2011 - 28 Cheshvan 5772 By

Parashat Hashavua for Toledot Rabbi Stanton Zamek The United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong Compared to either Abraham or to Jacob, Isaac – the sandwich generation patriarch – is a pallid and passive character. His meek submission in the …

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Parashat Hashavua: November 11/12 2011

‍‍Mon 14 November, 2011 - 17 Cheshvan 5772 By

Drash on Parashat Vayera Rabbi Orna Triguboff Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia This week’s Torah reading reminds us of two key principles in Judaism that can help us enjoy a meaningful life: welcoming strangers and taking resp…

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Parashat Hashavua: November 18/19 2011

‍‍Mon 14 November, 2011 - 17 Cheshvan 5772 By

Drash on Parashat Chayei Sarah Rabbi Richard G Lampert Rabbi Emeritus, North Shore Temple Emanuel Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Ah, B’reishit/Genesis! It’s so good to get back to you after all these months! Why? Because it, unlike any other…

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Parashat Hashavua: November 4/5 2011

‍‍Mon 7 November, 2011 - 10 Cheshvan 5772 By

Drash on Parashat Lech Lecha Rabbi Jeffrey B Kamins Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW, Australia Lech lecha – go, go for yourself, go into your self – the Hebrew can be understood in so many ways, but as we read this parasha and what unfolds from i…

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Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Active Euthanasia, an Halakhic Inquiry

‍‍Sat 5 November, 2011 - 8 Cheshvan 5772 By

This paper deals with an excruciatingly difficult moral problem, the circumstances under which killing is permitted and who may terminate a human life

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Two Rabbis in a Pool and other Strange Tales

‍‍Thu 3 November, 2011 - 6 Cheshvan 5772 By
Peter Knobel

See the video of a talk by Rabbi Peter Knobel at Beth Shalom – October 2011

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Parashat Hashavua: October 28/29 2011

‍‍Wed 26 October, 2011 - 28 Tishrei 5772 By

Drash on Parashat Noach Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW, Australia At the end of this week’s parasha we have a story which is nine verses long yet it looms large in the minds of those who are familiar with the stories of the …

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IS ONE OF ME ENOUGH? by Rabbi Peter Knobel

‍‍Wed 26 October, 2011 - 28 Tishrei 5772 By

A paper on cloning, by Rabbi Peter Knobel

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Euthanasia: a Reform Jewish perspective

‍‍Sun 23 October, 2011 - 25 Tishrei 5772 By

A video of the talk by Rabbi Peter Knobel at Beth Shalom Auckland, October 2011

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Dear Oliver

‍‍Thu 20 October, 2011 - 22 Tishrei 5772 By
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A drash by Rabbi Peter Knobel: Kol Nidre 2011

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