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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Rabbi Misha Shulman

Religion in Technicolor

Every spring, exactly one week before Passover a unique ritual takes place in the South of India. The local Jews leave their towns, cities…

4 min readMar 8, 2024

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Religion in Technicolor

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

One (and only?) God

When he was fifteen years old, John was living a perfectly normal life for a Christian teenager in the South Indian state of Kerala. He…

5 min readMar 1, 2024

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One (and only?) God

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Eyes on the East

A Mizrach is traditional Jewish art piece that is placed on the eastern wall of the house. It includes the Hebrew word, Mizrach, meaning…

5 min readNov 10, 2023

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Eyes on the East

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Fear and Self-Righteousness

My favorite moment at our Shabbat two weeks ago, which fell on World Jihad Day, was when I asked whether people were scared to come, and…

5 min readOct 27, 2023

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Fear and Self-Righteousness

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Flattening Gaza

In December, 1941 a gutsy American daughter of a German rabbi showed up in Times Square to protest against the US joining World War II. Her…

4 min readOct 20, 2023

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Flattening Gaza

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Prayers From Rikers

“My son plays soccer right over there,” Shira tells us as she drives us into the parking lot on route to Rikers Island. She parks the car…

7 min readApr 17, 2023

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Prayers From Rikers

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Living With the Hidden

In season six of The Sopranos the king mobster Tony Soprano tells his psychologist what he learned from his recent experience taking…

3 min readJan 6, 2023

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Living With the Hidden

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The Place of No Remembering

Remember that time when you were eight years old and it happened and you were scared and you knew that who you are will not be the same…

4 min readDec 23, 2022

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The Place of No Remembering

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Healthy Insanity

“We have to learn to speak Jewish,” said the activist rabbi.

4 min readDec 11, 2022

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Healthy Insanity

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Meet Ben Gvir

I try to avoid electoral politics in my writing. I’m not a political authority of any type. But this week’s election in Israel carries both…

8 min readNov 6, 2022

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Meet Ben Gvir

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Rabbi Misha Shulman

Rabbi Misha Shulman

Jerusalem born, Misha has been working at the cusp of religion, art and activism since 1999. Rabbi @ The New Shul and Director of School for Creative Judaism.

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