Rabbi Arian's Ruminations
Monday, May 22, 2017
A Rabbinic Dispensation to Fly in Air Force One on Shabbat?
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Air Force One left Andrews Air Force Base on Friday afternoon for Saudi Arabia, and among those onboard were Jared Kushner and Ivank...
Friday, March 24, 2017
Thoughts After A Civil Rights Tour of Atlanta
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I returned very late last night from Atlanta where I attended a conference for “Jewish innovators” called The Collaboratory. As part of the...
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Jews As "Resident Aliens"
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More years ago than I care to acknowledge, I was the Hillel Director at the University of Virginia. We had an association called United Min...
Morning After Thoughts
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A couple of weeks ago I sent out a “Prayer Before Voting” which ends with the following words: Creator of all flesh, we know also that ...
Friday, October 28, 2016
A Prayer Before Voting
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Early voting has begun in Maryland. Some of you reading this have already voted; it is my sincere hope that everyone reading this (unless y...
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Yom Kippur Sermon: It's Not About the Whale
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It was the summer of 1980 on the Georgetown University campus. I had just returned from spending my junior year at the Hebrew Unive...
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Yom Kippur Sermon: A Prayer for Our Country
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It was 1812 and Napoleon and his armies had invaded the Russian Empire, where the plurality of world Jewry lived. Napoleon was...
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