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Integrating the urban, modern Jewish American city experience with its historical sites and themes in such locales as Boston, MA, Portland, ME, East Bay and Providence, RI, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.



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Celebrating 353 Years


of Jews in America




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The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook


6 Self-Guided Walking/Bicycling Jewish Boston History Tours

Covers Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge

Softcover 198 pages with maps & b/w photos

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Celebrating 353 Years


of Jews in America




Now available!



The Ten Commandments Guidebook


Ways to Self-Struggle with Classic Morals

In Song, Poetry, and Prose

Covers 10 Commandments Plus One Other!

Softcover 153 pages with practical suggestions pages!

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The Ten Commandments



Source: The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society, 1985





Compliments of
Michael Alan Ross
BostonWalks
2004-2007.























Number 1


I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage.





Number 2


You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters below the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.





Number 3


You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name.





Number 4


Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.





Number 5


Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the Land that the Lord your God is assigning to you.





Number 6


You shall not murder.





Number 7


You shall not commit adultery.





Number 8


You shall not steal.





Number 9


You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.





Number 10


You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not crave your neighbor's house, or his field, or his male or female slaves, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.









On-line selections from the new,
The Ten Commandments Guidebook, by Michael Alan Ross






Connecting Links to Boston Walks




Copyright Michael Alan Ross, 2004-2007. All Rights Reserved.



Now available!


The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook

6 Self-Guided Walking/Bicycling Jewish Boston History Tours

Covers Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge

Softcover 198 pages with maps & b/w photos

Print out this
Book Order Form
to ordernow!



Now available!


The Ten Commandments Guidebook

Ways to Self-Struggle with Classic Morals

In Song, Poetry, and Prose

Covers 10 Commandments Plus One Other!

Softcover 153 pages with practical suggestions pages!

Print out this
Book Order Form
to order now!


















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Chazak Ve-ematz
be strong and resolute

(Moses words to Joshua in Deut. 31:7)







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How do you imagine the relationship between freedom and responsibility within a democracy?

Check out this poetic interpretation:


In Defense of Liberty and Democracy, Freedom and Responsibility


considering the parasha of the week, Yitro.




Isn't it time to Attract Middle Class Families Back into Our Cities?

Here's 10 Ways to bring middle-class families back into cities like NYC:


10 Ways to Bring Middle Class Families Back into New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Atlanta, and other Cities


considering the best of the suburban paradigm for our large cities.




Are you curious about what are some of the ethical reasons for single-payer universal health care insurance?


10 Moral Reasons for One Payer Universal Health Care Insurance for America


in light of Hillel's If I'm only for myself, what am I?




When was the last time you really laughed?



We're featuring good Jewish jokes!
Check out this month's featured humor
by clicking here!

We know that there are other belly laughs our there.
Email us at bostonwalks@hotmail.com with your contribution!




Isn't time to make unhealthy hospitals history?

Here's 10 ways to make our hospitals healthier!