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Chaim SteinmetzJewish JournalJune 13, 2022

A blessing for alienation

A toxic mix of technology, materialism and polarization has left people feeling more disconnected than ever.

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Chaim SteinmetzJewish JournalJune 6, 2022

Love in the shadow of death: The story of Ruth

The very foundation of Jewish history is redemption; it is the story of a people who, despite having every reason to be bitter and cynical, continued to rebuild and repair.

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Chaim SteinmetzJewish JournalMay 22, 2022

The ’shmita’ debate: A clash of utopias

The rules of the sabbatical year require farmers to desist from working and open up their fields, with all their produce, to anyone.

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Chaim SteinmetzJewish JournalMarch 28, 2022

Jews, Romans and Pigs: An impossible history

Jews have had negative feelings about pigs for over 2,000 years, and in many ways, the antagonism was created by anti-Jewish polemics.

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Chaim SteinmetzJewish JournalMarch 7, 2022

The voices of Ukraine

This week, two voices from Ukraine have been calling out to me—Chaim Nachman Bialik and Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.

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