George Altshuler

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  • The Enchantment of Choosing to Believe

    How the surprising overlap between the thinking of a canonical dead white man and a contemporary Native American woman makes the case for a greater leap of faith.

    George A.

    December 15, 2020
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  • Convergences of Summer Reading: Overcoming The Desire to Dominate Nature

    How two very different books changed the way I think about our relationship to nature.

    George A.

    July 2, 2020
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  • The Shattering of Teshuva: What American Jews Can Contribute to the Conversation on Race

    The Forward published a reflection I wrote on my experiences travelling in the South this summer, and how American Jews can borrow from the Jewish concept of teshuva to advance the national conversation on racial injustice. When I arrived at the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana earlier this summer, a staff member handed me a card with a […]

    George A.

    October 3, 2019
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  • Claiming The Bible (Which Was Written By Human Beings!)

    An honest and sophisticated approach to the Bible’s origins could enrich our synagogues, churches and mosques.

    George A.

    July 25, 2019
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  • Claiming Belief

    On my way out of Israel, my conversation with an ultra-Orthodox man convinced me that liberally religious people shouldn’t shy away from belief.

    George A.

    July 23, 2019
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  • Redeeming my Judaism

    How the work of French Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur reminded me of all Judaism has to offer when I needed it most.

    George A.

    June 18, 2019
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  • D’var Torah: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Kedoshim

    As we recall the Holocaust, we should look beyond theology to our lived relationship with God.

    George A.

    May 2, 2019
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  • No, Joe Biden, Trump is Not an Aberration

    If we want to improve our country, we must understand both the power of collective action, and the depths of our country’s flaws.

    George A.

    April 25, 2019
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  • What Notre Dame Teaches Us As It Burns

    Behold, it tells us. I am a monument to a time when people were less jaded and more aware of numinous mysteriousness. I am a monument to awe.

    George A.

    April 15, 2019
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  • The Simplicity and Complexity of Israel-Palestine

    When I arrived in Israel last summer to study to become a rabbi, I knew I had arrived in one of the most complex regions of the world, but I was prepared for outrage. I’m a millennial who grew up in liberal circles in San Francisco, and like many people with my background, I have […]

    George A.

    March 1, 2019
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