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Shmuel Klatzkin

Shmuel Klatzkin

Shmuel Klatzkin is a rabbi who previously served as senior editor at the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and writes and teaches extensively.
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Constitutions deal with the real world, which is never as simple as an attractive idea. But a constitution that is…

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by | Jul 11, 2020

After a war, even one fought for the highest of principles, civilized people long to return to civilian life. Good…

by | Jul 5, 2020

When I was in college, the person I respected most was Ken Kesey. Everything hinges on consciousness. An unexamined life…

by | Jun 30, 2020

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by | Jun 23, 2020

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by | Jun 20, 2020

My generation grew up reciting a pledge of allegiance. Each morning we asserted that America is a nation “indivisible, with…

by | Jun 13, 2020

Arthur Koestler’s masterwork was Darkness at Noon. In it, he tells of an old revolutionary caught up in Stalin’s terror…

by | Jun 6, 2020

We reopened our building for public prayer on the holiday of Shavuot. We took a great deal of care in…

by | Jun 4, 2020

The Constitution sets out a way to have an effective government under which the citizens are still sovereign and their…

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