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“Have you forgotten us completely?” Crying Out to a Loving God

Below is the podcast of the talk I presented for Tisha b’Av at Beth Israel. pp_flashembed( ‘powerpress_player_5598′, {src: ‘http://targuman.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/FlowPlayerClassic.swf’, width: 320, height: 24, wmode: ‘transparent’ }, {config: { autoPlay: false, autoBuffering: false, initialScale: ‘scale’, showFullScreenButton: false, showMenu: false, videoFile: ‘http://targuman.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/tishabav.mp3′, loop: false, autoRewind: true } } ); Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.0MB)

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Tisha b’Av lecture in Philly area

I will be giving a lecture this Wednesday evening enitled “Have you forgotten us completely?” Crying Out to a Loving God. I will be exploring how the rabbis responded to the destruction of the Temple, how they responded to the text of Lamentations, and what that in turn can teach a community of faith about responding [...]

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Lamentations and Tisha b’Av

This past weekend was spent doing various work around that house that required lots of hours and very little thought. Good for the soul, perhaps, but I feel like I lost two days in a wormhole. I missed offering my best wishes for a good observance on Tisha b’Av, so today I will offer instead [...]

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