UNDERSTANDING JEWISH HISTORY (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner reflects on the passing of the prolific journalist and author, Paul Johnson, whose seminal book “A History of the Jews” is one of the best comprehensive studies of Jewish history ever published. Johnson was very taken by the centrality of history to Jewish identity and to Judaism, and Rabbi Dunner takes up this theme and connects it to the final episode in Parshat Shemot.
THE FESTIVAL OF THE TEMPORARY HOUSE
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Sukkot begins with a flimsy hut and ends with dancing around a Torah scroll. In between come the four species, Kohelet, Hoshana Rabba, Shemini... Read More