About the Author

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein

The writer, who has a PhD. in Human Rights Law, is the chief rabbi of South Africa

Reclaiming Jewish Identity from Anti-Semitism

Reclaiming Jewish Identity from Anti-Semitism

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Defining Jewish identity through joy and celebration, not pain and persecution.

Can You Ever Put God on Hold?

Can You Ever Put God on Hold?

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How We Can Learn From Our Tests

How We Can Learn From Our Tests

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Do You Want to Build an Ark?

Do You Want to Build an Ark?

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Why Was Humanity Created Last?

Why Was Humanity Created Last?

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Why We Celebrate Sukkot This Time of the Year

Why We Celebrate Sukkot This Time of the Year

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Yom Kippur: The Happiest Day of the Year

Yom Kippur: The Happiest Day of the Year

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The Shofar: The Difference between Hearing and Listening

The Shofar: The Difference between Hearing and Listening

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The Farmer and Telling the Story of the Jewish People

The Farmer and Telling the Story of the Jewish People

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Long Life and Honoring Parents

Long Life and Honoring Parents

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The Connection Between Lego and Mitzvot

The Connection Between Lego and Mitzvot

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Why Preparation Is Essential for a Spiritual Experience

Why Preparation Is Essential for a Spiritual Experience

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What Does It Mean To Pray?

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How Do We Love God?

How Do We Love God?

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How To React To Criticism

How To React To Criticism

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How Do We Find Joy in the Process?

How Do We Find Joy in the Process?

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Why Is Selfless Leadership So Important?

Why Is Selfless Leadership So Important?

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The Most Important Institution for Jewish Life

The Most Important Institution for Jewish Life

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What Is the Most Important Characteristic of a Leader?

What Is the Most Important Characteristic of a Leader?

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How to Avoid Life's Pitfalls

How to Avoid Life's Pitfalls

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How Do We Rise Above Groupthink?

How Do We Rise Above Groupthink?

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Using the power of social pressure for good.

Are You Humble?

Are You Humble?

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Four steps to bringing humility into your life.

How Do We Move On In Life

How Do We Move On In Life

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Shavuot: Always Receiving

Shavuot: Always Receiving

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Our relationship with the Torah is immediate and visceral. We receive it each and every day.

Why Are Jews a Small Nation?

Why Are Jews a Small Nation?

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Given its tiny numbers, according to the normal laws of history, the Jewish people should have disappeared through persecution or assimilation.

Why have the Jews Survived?

Why have the Jews Survived?

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One of the great miracles of world history is the eternal vibrancy and relevance of Torah.

The Jewish People need Big Ideas

The Jewish People need Big Ideas

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This coming Shabbat, join hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world in fighting apathy and divisiveness.

Judaism's Guidelines for Voting

Judaism's Guidelines for Voting

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4 guidelines the Torah gives for choosing great leaders.

Israel: A Nation of Heroes

Israel: A Nation of Heroes

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Since September there have been 307 attacks or attempted attacks in 170 days, in which 33 people have been killed and 360 injured.

Israel & the Shabbat Project

Israel & the Shabbat Project

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In the merit of Shabbat and the beauty of Jewish unity may we only know times of joy and triumph.

France's Jews: Canary in the Coal Mine

France's Jews: Canary in the Coal Mine

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If France is not safe for Jews, then the very future of Europe – and indeed the civilized world - is in real danger.

Jews Across the World Unite

Jews Across the World Unite

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What better way to go into Yom Kippur than joining the world in keeping one complete Shabbat together.

Uniting Out of Love, Not Hate

Uniting Out of Love, Not Hate

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How to free ourselves from the burden of isolation and anti-Semitism.

Let Us Be Strong

Let Us Be Strong

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The Torah’s answer to dealing with enemies and critics around the world.

For Being a Jew

For Being a Jew

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Rabbi Akiva, Daniel Pearl and our three boys.

Mandela: The Global Romance

Mandela: The Global Romance

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Nelson Mandela is a celebrity hero of the spirit and moral conviction.

In Every Generation

In Every Generation

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How the Passover Seder can transform your family.

Israel’s Long Walk to Freedom

Israel’s Long Walk to Freedom

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Committing to life as a journey of victories and defeats goes to the heart of creation.

Bibi & the Bible

Bibi & the Bible

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Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speeches reveal the meaning and mission of Israel and Jewish destiny.

Minister Ebrahim, Resign

Minister Ebrahim, Resign

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An open letter to South Africa's Deputy Minister.

Message from Toulouse

Message from Toulouse

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Eva Sandler transcends victimhood to become a modern-day heroine.

Passover Miracles Today

Passover Miracles Today

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The miraculous sweep of Jewish destiny, from ancient Egypt to nuclear Iran, set to the music of Yaakov Shwekey.

Iran’s Genocidal Threat

Iran’s Genocidal Threat

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During the Holocaust the world ignored the desperate plight of endangered Jews. Have things changed?

Chanukah: The Fight for Freedom

Chanukah: The Fight for Freedom

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Why celebrate the miracle of oil and not the great military victory?

Days of Miracle and Wonder

Days of Miracle and Wonder

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After 2,000 years of dispersion and persecution, it's a miracle that we exist as a separate, identifiable people.

Gilad Shalit: Split Screen World

Gilad Shalit: Split Screen World

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The government and people of Israel instinctively supported the release of Shalit because these Torah values are so deeply ingrained in our national psyche.

Open Letter to Archbishop Tutu

Open Letter to Archbishop Tutu

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The Arab/Israeli conflict is not a struggle against apartheid or occupation.

Goldstone Injustice

Goldstone Injustice

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It looks like law, but it's just politics.

This is Apartheid?

This is Apartheid?

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When the Arab world is ready to make peace, Israel will be there.

The Earth is Flat

The Earth is Flat

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Israel is the victim, not the root of all evil.

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