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Apr 22, 2024, 6:47 PM
What Will We Tell the Grandchildren: Passover 5784
(This essay is co-authored by Dennis C. Sasso and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso) As our families and guests gather around the Seder table tonight, we are aware that this is not Passover as usual. Some people are talking about observance, not...
Apr 17, 2024, 11:30 PM
Reconstructionist Judaism’s Unfinished Work
I am a religious naturalist. I do not believe that Judaism is supernaturally revealed. The Torah is not the final word, but the beginning of a conversation that continues even today. Judaism is what the Jewish people do and...
Dec 18, 2023, 1:01 AM
Calling evil ‘good’ and good ‘evil’
Co-authored by Dennis C. Sasso and Sandy E. Sasso The Land of Israel is at the heart of Jewish history, memory, and identity. It is central to the promise of the Covenant with Abraham, it is the destination of the freed slaves from Egypt, it...
Nov 6, 2023, 10:38 PM
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‘A Call for Repentance’ to whom?
A Palestinian Christian letter demonizing Israel distorts Scripture and Christian values of love and piety
Oct 9, 2023, 5:42 PM
For the sake of my loved ones and friends
So much has been said and written about the brutal Hamas attack on Israel. We write these notes not as a geo-political commentary, but from the depths of human anguish. We think of loved ones and friends in the...
Sep 11, 2023, 3:25 AM
Prophets of Resistance and Civic Prophets
“Prophetic Resistance” has become a battle cry among some activist groups and individuals, especially in religious circles. From racism to environmentalist concerns, from the Middle East to domestic politics, social justice warriors declare themselves “Prophets of Resistance.” While in...
May 26, 2023, 2:30 AM
AI, Social Media, and the WAZE of Judaism
(Excerpted from my Shavuot (2023-5783) message to our synagogue’s Confirmation class) My family and my office staff know that I am not very good with computers, the internet, and virtual technology. My grandson has had to come to my aid...
May 23, 2023, 9:22 PM
A Rabbi’s Parting Message: One More Prayer
Rabbi Dennis C. Sasso (Excerpted from my retirement Shabbat address on May 12, 2023) The ancient rabbis taught that at the end time, when the world will have been perfected and there will be no more hunger, no more illness, no...
Mar 10, 2023, 8:00 PM
From Political Turmoil to Hope-What Is To Be Done?
For those of us who love Israel, this is a time of care and concern. Care for the land and the people that are at the heart of our heritage and identity. Concern about the political turmoil and veritable...
Jan 17, 2023, 9:21 PM
What We Want Our Christian Friends To Know About Jews and Judaism
(Excerpts from an address by the authors) Judaism is not just a religion. Christians define themselves primarily in terms of “faith.” Jews define themselves primarily in terms of “community”. Judaism teaches, “A Jew, even one who denies his faith, remains...
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Dennis Sasso is Senior Rabbi Emeritus at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Indianapolis, Indiana. He is Affiliate Professor of Jewish Studies at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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