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Parashat Pinchas (Numbers Chapter 25)¹

Pinchas killing Zimri and Cozbi with a spear. Ottmar Elliger, 1666

9 min readSep 8, 2021

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Our Disaster in Afghanistan Did NOT Begin With 9/11

[Author’s Note: This essay is a work in progress. I would appreciate any factual corrections in the historical record that I have laid out…

12 min readAug 16, 2021

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A Stranger in a Strange Land

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61 min readFeb 4, 2021

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A Stranger in a Strange Land

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Middle Passage and my Jewish journey into racial justice

After I retired in 2012, I strongly felt the desire and need to “give back.” I had lived a life of privilege. I had benefitted from an…

6 min readJul 9, 2023

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Middle Passage and my Jewish journey into racial justice

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Gerson Sher

Parashat Sh’lach lecha

Shabbat shalom.

6 min readJun 8, 2023

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Parashat Sh’lach lecha

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The Flip Side of Science Diplomacy: Russia and Ukraine

Gerson S. Sher¹

5 min readMar 1, 2022

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The Flip Side of Science Diplomacy: Russia and Ukraine

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Ukrainian Science is Contraband

I spent forty years of my remunerative career — all of it — managing scientific cooperation with the former Soviet Union. Early next year…

3 min readMar 23, 2018

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Parashat Vayikra and Mass Incarceration

This is my first stab at using Medium — or any social media — to share my work. In this post, I’m sharing a d’var Torah (a sermon) that I…

10 min readMar 18, 2018

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Gerson Sher

Gerson Sher

Retired civil servant and nonprofit executive (scientific cooperation with the former Soviet Union). Author, social justice advocate, amateur pianist, grandpa.

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