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Ruth Schapira
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Woodstock: is there a Jewish part of the story?
Joni Mitchell, Woodstock Woodstock There are plenty of stories about the “half a million strong” that were part of Woodstock, and even...


Ruth Schapira
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Will you value your baggage more than a life?
What would you do in an emergency? I heard something disturbing that I couldn’t shake off. This is not what I usually write about, but I...


Ruth Schapira
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Purim and Personal Responsibility
This Purim, start a chain reaction against Hatred and Antisemitism When did you need to step up or speak up in your life? Were there...


Ruth Schapira
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Do Jewish Teens Need an Ethical Tune-Up?
How ethical are today’s teens? When given the chance to cheat, what would the teenagers you know do? A recent New York Times article on...


Ruth Schapira
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the challenge of raising teens in a country missing moral clarity
Ethical clarity? Clueless The year is newly born, yet through the lens of ethics things feel quite stale. The clarity that should come...


Ruth Schapira
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Ethical Issue: When Teens Cheat
What are the obligations of a Jewish supplementary high school in raising the ethical level of its students? How do we hold our students...
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