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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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December 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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(1) Michal Evenari, December 15, 2005 12:00 AM
I liked this explanation
Dear Rabbi Shraga,
I liked the explanation, that the "man"
who fought a whole night with Jacov,
the Yetzer Hara could have been.
And mostly I liked the behaviour of Chofetz Chaim. What he said, was witty
and that, when he was old, he still was able to "jump" out of be, Kol ha kavod!
I find it good that you teach your listeners personally. It makes it easier, to learn from it. Thank you!
Michal