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August 25, 2020

The Jewish Ethical Lessons of Chess

With help from Gary Kasparov and Deuteronomy.

Noting that “the number of outstanding chess players who are Jewish is stunning,” and drawing on Gary Kasparov’s How Life Imitates Chess and last Sabbath’s Torah reading of Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), David Wolpe observes that the game of chess can teach important lessons about personal responsibility, humility, and much else. (Video, 11 minutes.)

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August 25, 2020

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