Author: joshcohen

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

The following is a writeup from notes for a speech I gave as Campaigns Officer of the Jewish Society at the Nottingham Trent commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day. It’s a privilege to speak today as a representative of the JSoc. In my time as President last year and, now, Campaigns Officer, I’ve had the honour... Continue Reading →

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Achdut Project

I ran a pilot session for a project I want to run at some point at UJS conference 2023, an experiment in cross-communal student learning. The following is a writeup from notes for an introduction I gave along with the source sheets. Rav Kook, the first ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) brings... Continue Reading →

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Teshuva of a Nation

The following was written and edited for the Rosh Hashanah 5784 edition of Shabbat Lashem, Bnei Akiva's weekly publication. Ironically enough, the build up to the Yomim Noraim can be a very selfish time. We run around cleaning up our averot, confessing, apologising, worrying about our own fate. We bury our heads in Sefarim during... Continue Reading →

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The Very Narrow Bridge

This is a writeup from notes for a dvar torah I gave to madrichim (student leaders) at a meal on precamp for Bnei Akiva Summer Machane (camp) 5783. I've heard this in the name of Rav Lichtenstein but not been able to find it in any of his writings. Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l was known for... Continue Reading →

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