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The Healing Wisdom of Genesis

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By Stephen Spector
| Hadassah Magazine Verified
Email Print Each year on Simchat Torah, we read the end of Deuteronomy and then dive right into the beginning of Genesis, symbolizing the continuity of Jewish faith and tradition. Re-reading Genesis at a time of heightened fears and conflict is especially relevant because its stories illustrate the pain of human suffering and offer practical wisdom for healing.
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God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis | Jewish Book Council

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By Stephen Spector
| Jewish Book Council
Skip to main content Join a community of readers who are committed to Jewish stories Sign up for JBC’s Nu Reads, a curated selection of Jewish books delivered straight to your door! Review By – July 20, 2026 Stephen Spector’s God and the First Families is an ambitious new work that uses multiple models of parenting to interpret and analyze the early stories of Genesis.
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My Father’s Volkswagen and Our Family’s Journey

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By Stephen Spector
| The Times of Israel Verified
As a teenager, I used to go with my father, Rubie Spector, on weekends to work at his store, the Glen Oaks Deli, in Queens. The commute from Long Island was thirty minutes, which in those days seemed enormous. In 1963 he needed a new car and declared that he would never buy a Volkswagen. Hitler had promoted that car and overseen its production, after all.
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