A LESSON FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner puzzles over the fact that Maximilien Robespierre was known as “the incorruptible”, bearing in mind that he presided over the most violent period of the French Revolution, known as the Reign of Terror. A midrash on Parshat Pekudei helps clear up the definition of integrity and incorruptibility once and for all.
DIVISION WITHIN IS THE GREATEST THREAT
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) On June 28, 1863, Samuel Goodwin Stout wrote a letter to his mother from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was 20 years old and bursting with... Read More