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Outsourcing Life
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechA look behind the new phenomenon of mourners for hire and friends for rent.
Defining Success: Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat will you leave behind: an inheritance or a legacy?
How to Die
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe doctor wasn’t smiling. “There’s no way I can sugarcoat it. You have a rare, fatal disease and there is no known cure.”
The Facebook Fiasco
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechYou don’t need to be religious to appreciate the dangers of the Internet.
The 5 Most Important Things to Know About Passover
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechOur greatest contributions to the world summarized in five words: memory, optimism, faith, family, and responsibility.
Egypt, Iran & the Passover Miracle
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechGod may guarantee the survival of the Jewish people, but individually, the existential threat is alarmingly real.
The Tragedy In Toulouse
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechTo be a Jew is to be a magnet for hatred, no matter how unjustified and irrational.
Too Many Options
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe marriage crisis and why singles today don’t want to commit.
Assimilation & the Chanukah Oil
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechUnderstanding the meaning of the Chanukah battle, a war unlike any other.
3 Secrets to a Long and Happy Marriage
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechHow to be happily married for more than 50 years.
Looking for Happiness in all the Wrong Places
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechSukkot is here and the search is over.
Yom Kippur: The Blessing of Failure
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechRecognizing our shortcomings is the only way to achieve success in life.
9/11: Forgive and Forget?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWe are not the ones who have the right to make that decision.
The Day Osama Died
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechDoes Bin Laden’s death bring a sense of closure? It better not.
Death, My Companion
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe doctor told me I had a fatal disease, and at age 77 I realized I’m actually going to die.
For God’s Sake
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe challenge of our age: not to desecrate God’s holy name with acts that profane all that He stands for.
Judgment Day on Wall Street
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIs Wall Street sending us a Rosh Hashanah message?
Are Business Ethics an Oxymoron?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechOur daily business ethics speak far louder than the words we utter in synagogue.
Sinai for Non-Jews
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat makes the giving of the Torah so universally relevant and necessary?
Von Trier’s Cannes Controversy
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechDoes art stand apart from the artist? What if the artist is Hitler?
The Royal Wedding
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechRespect for royalty is a training ground for worship of the Almighty.
Japan’s Black Swan
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat could go wrong? The significance of unexpected events in history.
My Personal Purim Miracle
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechI’ll never forget the moment I was just a prop used in a larger, cosmic drama.
Egypt, Again
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechHow the country’s turmoil resonates with a striking biblical parallel.
Israel’s Presidential Scandal
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIsrael has not forgotten the biblical message that even the mighty are culpable for their crimes.
The Mark Madoff Tragedy
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechDo the sins of the fathers get transmitted to the children?
Is Christmas Good For the Jews?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe greatest challenge to our faith is not another faith, but faithlessness.
WikiLeaks
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechDoes the fact that something is true always justify its being made public?
Chanukah and Burnout
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhy didn’t God simply give the Jews an eight-day supply of oil?
Hacked
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechI contacted the scammer in Nigeria who stole my email account and he actually replied.
The Social Network
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe genesis of Facebook has its source in the Book of Genesis.
The Star of David and the Mosque
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIt’s no accident that the NYC mosque is covered with the Jewish symbol.
When the Holidays Are Over
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe most important days of the year are about to begin.
A Film Unfinished
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe contemporary relevance of a discarded Nazi propaganda film.
Law and Order
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechMy brush with TV stardom taught me that there’s very little reality in television.
The Buried Seder Plate
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe tragic fate of one survivor’s remarkable heirloom.
Avatar and the Jews
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe connections with Torah and Hebrew words are just too frequent and striking to be accidental.
The Tefillin Bomb
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe irony of tefillin threatening the lives of innocent people.
Haiti and Israel
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhy Israel gives humanitarian aid whether or not it is appreciated or acknowledged.
Tiger Woods and Chanukah
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIs a beautiful golf swing enough to make you a hero?
Bernie & The Godfather
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechTwo contemporary morality tales convey the same important message.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThis well-meaning book ends up distorting the Holocaust.
The Fifth Question: Pessimist or Optimist?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechPassover is the story that answers man’s existential quest for spiritual connection.
My Encounter with the Pope
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWas I wrong at that moment to believe it’s at last possible to cast off centuries of mistrust, misunderstanding and religious intolerance?
Kristallnacht: Murder by Euphemism
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechTo remember Kristallnacht properly, we must first renounce its German-given name.
The Michelangelo Code
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIs the Sistine Chapel the site for the greatest subversive act in the history of art?
When The Dow Goes Down
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechA Jewish perspective on the widening financial crisis.
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe film is as painful to watch as your last root canal, without the benefit of gaining something positive from the experience.
Intermarriage and the N.Y. Times
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechIs there ever any line that is crossed that calls for communal condemnation?
A Flawed “Mighty Heart”
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe film’s message is antithetical to the real meaning of Daniel Pearl’s murder.
Where Was God in Virginia Tech?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechGod’s seeming indifference is in fact an expression of His greatest gift to mankind.
“The Da Vinci Code” and the Jews
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe controversial book highlights the fundamental differences between Judaism and Roman Catholicism.
Your Money or Your Life
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechAs a generation blessed with abundant wealth, Sukkot ensures that we keep our priorities straight.
The Tsunami and God
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechLet our primary question in the wake of this tragedy be not “Why did it happen?” but rather “What can I do to help?”
The Passion: The Movie and the Aftermath
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechPerhaps our best response to this Hollywood missionary effort is to look inward and take pride in the beauty of our own faith.
Mel Gibson and the Jews
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechHis latest lethal weapon? Mel’s film promises spiritual inspiration but instead evokes the kind of rage that for centuries past resulted in ruthless acts of retribution.
If I Were a Rich Man
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechLosing a lot of money, just like suddenly making millions, forces you to confront your real priorities in life.
Envy
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechOur obsession for acquiring wealth has far less to do with our personal wants than with our refusal to have less than others.
Are First Grade Kids Killers
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe tragedy of a first grader killing his classmate should not cloud our vision of the greater picture which is always getting better.
Why 2K?
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWorried about the Year 2K problem? Relax. The Jewish people already solved that 3,760 years ago.
Justice, Justice, Shalt Thou Pursue
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThere is a difference between punishment and vengeance.
Never Again
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat is this seeming obsession Jews have to remember the Holocaust?
The Voyage of the Damned
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech“Any port in a storm” as the saying goes… unless the passengers are Jewish refugees.
The Silence of the World
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechOne of Hitler’s greatest allies in the holocaust was the indifference of the world.
The Eichmann Trial
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechThe trial of the man who Hitler chose to carry out the “Final Solution”.
The Nuremberg Trials
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat happens when there is a conflict between human values and the law of the land?
The Silence of the Lamb
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechCould the victims somehow be seen as accomplices in their own death?
Civilized Murderers
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechSurely a highly educated and highly cultured society would also have a high level of ethics…
Six Million: The Problem With Numbers
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechDo the enormous numbers of the Holocaust depersonalize it?
The Uniqueness of the Holocaust
by Rabbi Benjamin BlechWhat makes this different from any other event in history?