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Rabbi Marc D. Angel is Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, and Editor of its journal, Conversations. He is the Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, a longtime community Rabbi and educator, and is a world renowned scholar of Torah and Sephardic Judaism.
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Feb 10, 2026 ∙ 8 min
Torah Thoughts - The Universalism/Particularism of Rabbi Eliyahu Benamozegh
Rabbi Eliyahu Benamozegh (1822-1900) Nineteenth century Livorno was home to a unique thinker whose life work centered on unity. Rabbi Eliyahu Benamozegh (1822-1900), whose parents were natives of Fez, Morocco, was orphaned at an early age. His guardians saw to it that this precocious child received a well-rounded education in Jewish and general subjects. Although as a young man he entered a business career, his real love was for religious and scientific thought. He went on to devote himself...
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Oct 9, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Deeper Meanings: Thoughts for Shabbat Teshuva and Yom Kippur
Eleanor Roosevelt once noted: “Do not hesitate to do what you think you cannot do. Dare to reach beyond your perceived limits. Do not let...
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Jul 18, 2025 ∙ 3 min
What Unifies the Jewish People? Thoughts for Tisha BeAv
Elias Canetti, a Sephardic Jew who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981, offers some interesting observations about Jews in his...
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