Rabbi Nathan Laufer

Rabbi Nathan Laufer received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University. He is former director of Israel Programs for the Tikvah Fund, founding director of the Advanced Institute for Judaic Studies at the San Diego Jewish Academy, and founding director of the Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education (PELIE). He also served as president and CEO of the Wexner Heritage Foundation, of which he is now president emeritus.

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The Mysterious Nature Of Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Nathan Laufer

Moses, when he saw the frenzied partying and dancing before the calf, threw down the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments in a fit of rage, shattering them into small fragments.