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Rabbi Shraga Simmons shares an inspiring insight from the weekly Torah portion.
Your life can change in just one minute!
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Published: September 10, 2003
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Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He is the senior editor of Aish.com and the director of JewishPathways.com.
An expert on media bias, he was the founding editor of HonestReporting.com, and is the author of David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2012). With drama and a biting edge, David & Goliath is a definitive treatment, fully resourced with over 2,000 footnotes. Readers are privy to secret negotiations with CNN executives, and how a grassroots campaign was cited by the New York Times as effecting sweeping changes in Mideast media coverage.
David & Goliath has been praised by politicians, professors and journalists: Former New York Mayor Ed Koch hails it as "Invaluable for anyone wanting the inside story," and James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal calls David & Goliath "of crucial importance for the future of the Middle East."
Rabbi Simmons lives with his wife and children in the Modi'in region of Israel.
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(3) Michal, September 7, 2006 12:36 PM
Its wonderful that somebody could thank God...
I was deeply impressed about that husband whose wife died in a bombed bus. He was able to say things like that during Shiva. I needed 2 years and 3 months until I could say BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET with my whole being, and even then it was hard. How wonderful people do we have!
Thankyou for telling us. May we all learn to thank Hashem for good and bad things, knowing, that a l l is good, what comes from Him. Baruch Hu.
(2) Gersom, September 15, 2003 12:00 AM
Beautiful
This one brought tears to my eyes.
(1) bunny, September 14, 2003 12:00 AM
T O D A !
AFTER HEARING THE RABBI'S COMMENTS ABOUT IT'S 'ALL FOR THE BEST' IT HAS SOMEWHAT HELPED ME TO TRY TO COPE WITH A VERY DEEP PROBLEM I AND MY OTHER THREE DAUGHTERS ARE SUFFERING WITH MY FOURTH DAUGHTER DURING HER PAINFUL LIFE WITH CANCER! THOUGH SHE, BEING SO VERY ILL WE ARE SURROUNDING OUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS WITH MY GRANDSON'S UPCOMING BARMITZVAH THIS COMING OCTOBER 25TH. I AM WORKING WITH THE RABBI'S VOCAL COMMENTS, ONCE AGAIN THAT IT IS VERY MUCH FOR THE BEST AND IS G-D'S WILL FOR PAIN, SUFFERING AND MITZVAS. T O D A H! BUBBIE