OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-3-12 When I was young, the Bizarro back-of-the-book feature in Superman comics fascinated me. In the mirror-image Bizarro universe, Superman was ugly and mean, while words’ meanings were reversed. “Bad” meant “good” in Bizarro talk – long before my Boston friends taught me that “wicked” could mean [...]
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The Bizarro Universe of the Blame Israel Firsters
Posted by giltroy on April 3, 2012
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This Year, Any Rabbis Afraid to Talk About Israel to their Congregations – Should Quit
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 9-27-11 Word on the American Jewish street is that Israel has become such a divisive topic that some rabbis stopped giving sermons about Israel. A rabbi who avoids talking about Israel is like a presidential candidate who ignores the economy; dodging such a central issue eventually drains [...]
Posted by giltroy on September 27, 2011
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A Rosh Hashanah lesson
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 9-15-11 On July 15, Ronnie Cahana, the 57-year-old rabbi of Congregation Beth-El in Montreal’s Town of Mount Royal, suffered a massive stroke in his brainstem. He now lies immobilized in the Montreal Neurological Institute, unable to talk, walk or even wave. Yet, his mind is intact [...]
Posted by giltroy on September 15, 2011
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Rabbi Hartman offers a ‘theology of response’
By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 7-14-11 Although he moved from Montreal to Jerusalem in 1971, Rabbi David Hartman still inspires many Canadians with his warmth, his passion and his brilliance. Similarly, as his new book makes clear, his experiences as a Montreal rabbi continue to shape him, too. In The God Who Hates Lies: [...]
Posted by giltroy on July 14, 2011
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Rabbi Hartman’s heartfelt answer to the heartless rabbis
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 7-5-11 Anyone who doubts the importance of protecting freedom of speech should watch the farce unfolding in Jerusalem over that despicable book Torat HaMelekh, which misreads Jewish texts to justify killing non-Jews during wartime. By summoning the leading rabbis who vouched for the book to deny allegations of incitement, the [...]
Posted by giltroy on July 5, 2011
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