Rabbi Jeremy Gordon

Israel and Other Broken Relationships

We can draw lessons from Rosh Hashanah about our relationship with Israel, says Rabbi Jeremy Gordon in an extract from his book Spiritual Vagabondry and the Making of a Rabbi, Jeremy Gordon. (The article was originally delivered as Rosh Hashanah sermon at the New London Synagogue in 2008)

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Mark Rothko, Hebrew prophet

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