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I shout instructions at my dog. Not your typical directions like 'sit' or 'don’t poo' but rather more inspirational ones like ‘believe in yourself’ or 'you can be better than cats and most children'.

An Israeli flag is seen near the minaret of a Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. Nov. 30, 2016. Photo by Ammar Awad/REUTERS. The discourse among Conservative, Reform and other progressive Jewish scholars ...