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Replace Fear with Purpose December 12, 2008 "...Getting past our fears is never easy, especially in difficult times. And the best responses usually require the kind of imagination which fear--especially fear about our vulnerability--constrains...." More... From CLAL |
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"Figuring out how to celebrate Chanukah" December 8, 2008 "...’The interesting thing about Chanukah is that it’s had different definitions in different years,‘ said Rabbi Brad Hirschfield... ’In every generation Chanukah has been a celebration of overcoming whatever the biggest challenge the Jewish people were facing.‘..." Read... By Lisa Keys from JTA |
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"Spiritually Provocative Yet Uplifting": Brad Hirschfield December 4, 2008 "...we must craft a compass worthy of navigating our polarizing times. ’It‘s incumbent upon us to do two things,‘ [Hirschfield] says. ’We must commit deeply to people we love most. And we must remain deeply open to people who have different commitments and loves than us.‘..." Read... By Robert Sklar from the Detroit Jewish News Online |
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How can we raise our kids to have gratitude? November 25, 2008 See Irwin Kula on The Today Show along with psychologist Dale Atkins as they discuss ways to raise kids to have gratitude. View... From NBC TV's The Today Show |
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A Nuclear Iran... December 12, 2008 "...We need to begin laying the groundwork for how to operate in a world in which Iran has nuclear weapons...." More... |  |
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Brad Hirschfield's You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism Book Tour -- November 20, 2008 We bring you media coverage of Rabbi Hirschfield‘s appearances around the country... · KTAR Radio, "The God Show," 12/7/08 · Worldview, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, 11/17/08, more... · Cleveland Jewish News, 11/14/08, more... · "In Session," Tru-TV, 11/14/08 · The Texas Jewish Post, 11/13/08, more... · Tampa Tribune, 11/13/08, more... · KPHX, "The Jeff Farias Show," (Nova M Radio), 11/13/08 · "The Busted Halo," Sirius Radio, 11/12/08 · St. Petersburg Times, 11/9/08, more... · KMOX, "The Carney Show," (CBS affiliate), 11/6/08 · St. Louis Beacon, 11/2/08 |
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Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio Getting Through Tough Times & Help for the Homeless? November 8, 2008 Brad and Irwin draw on their personal experiences in getting through difficult times as they talk with Dr. Julie Silver, Harvard Medical School. And a controversial program matching homeless people with empty, foreclosed homes... Be sure to check the website each week for more riffing with the rabbis on topics of the day. Listen .... From Hirschfieldandkula.com, broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR |
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Torah Portion of the Week Commentary from Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors' Stories of Faith and Hope Edited by Brad Hirschfield Featuring Parashat Va-yishlah , Parashat Va-yeshev & Parashat Mikkets December 12, 2008 "...I was an American soldier, not a Jew ... I saw this boy with a yellow star ... I walked over to him and said to him in Yiddish, Bisti Yiddish? Are you Jewish? He got scared and started to run away, but I ran after him and held him. I says Ich bin a Yid, Ich bin a Yid, an Americanishe Yid...." Read more... From Remember for Life |
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Join Rabbi Sigal Brier to explore the customs and traditions of the "light holidays" and to ignite your inner fire at Kripalu November 14, 2008 Participate in one of three programs: Light A Candle: An Interfaith Holiday Experience--December 19-21, 2008 With Rev. Marie Roberts; Kabbalah of Fire and Light--December 21-26, 2008; Lighting the Inner Menorah: An evening of chanting and reflection on December 25, 2008 at 7:30pm Learn more and register... From Kripalu |
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Havdalah Kirtan with the Kirtan Rabbi, Andrew Hahn and Rabbi David Ingber December 12, 2008 Come enjoy chants in Hebrew, a language that scientific studies have placed alongside Sanskrit as uniquely vibrational. Saturday, December 13th - 8 to 10:00 pm - at Integral Yoga in New York City. Learn more and register... From Integral Yoga |
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Brad Hirschfield's book
You Don't Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right
Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors’ Stories of Faith and Hope
Edited by
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
How to Spot One of Us
A Collection of Poetry
by Janet R. Kirchheimer
Hirschfield & Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio
Bringing the best of KXL's popular show to the web
on hirschfieldandkula.com
American Pilgrimage-American Muslim
TV Network
Airs Mon. 10PM, Sat. 10PM EST
View at airtime-free link
Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today
with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
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Irwin Kula's Award Winning Book
Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life