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  • Mitt Romney listens as his running mate, Paul Ryan, speaks during a campaign rally in Powell, Ohio, on Aug. 25, 2012.(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
    Mitt Romney listens as his running mate, Paul Ryan, speaks during a campaign rally in Powell, Ohio, on Aug. 25, 2012.(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Voting Jewish Values

    Policies proposed by Mitt Romney, especially on education, are antithetical to fairness and compassion

    byRandi Weingarten
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Mario Tama/Getty Images.)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Mario Tama/Getty Images.)
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    The Right Way to Pray

    One Talmudic rabbi’s prayers work, while others’ fall on deaf ears. Is humility more pleasing to God than pomp?

    byAdam Kirsch
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Pim Geerts/Flickr)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Pim Geerts/Flickr)
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    Talmudic Rebbe-llion

    A coup at the rabbinic academy deposes Gamliel and unleashes a torrent of questions

    byAdam Kirsch
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
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    Let’s Get Physical

    In this week’s Talmud reading, the soul addresses God, but the body has its own agenda

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Talmud’s Warriors and Scholars

    This week’s Daf Yomi reframes the debate over the primacy of force or scholarship in Jewish values

    byAdam Kirsch
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