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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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May 4, 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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(4) Anonymous, May 11, 2012 8:26 PM
Yasher koach
right on the money, Rabbi!
(3) Michal, May 3, 2007 9:55 AM
Yes, the children suffer
I can be a witness to your words.
My husband and me we made our children suffer. The suffering is going on.
Without Gods help it will go on forever. Thanks for your clear words every week!
(2) Anonymous, May 9, 2005 12:00 AM
Something To Look Forward To Each Week
Dear Rabbi Simmons:
I wish to place on record that I thoroughly enjoy your weekly one minute audios, as well as your written comments about the Torah portion of the week, which I find inspirational and makes one look forward to reading the weekly portion with greater understanding. Please keep up the great work. Sincerely, Frank L. Rubensohn
(1) Martin Doyle, May 5, 2003 12:00 AM
couldn't agree more
Being born with a mix of two faiths is not a gift, it is a torment! it is only now at 40 I am finding peace and seeing that I cant please everyone, so in this case I will please myself, egotistical maybe, but a peaceful sort of egoism. I chose the Jewish side of me as it gave me inner peace. My children, the children I share with my non-Jewish wife, thankfully have also chosen Judaism as their future, and as my wife considers herself to be without faith it causes no grief at home. All I have to do now is show the way to faith to my wife.