# A Stiff-Necked People

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Podcast: [Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/park-avenue-synagogue-podcast-517604)
Published: 2026-03-09T15:34:12+00:00
Episode link: https://parkavenuepodcast.podbean.com/e/a-stiff-necked-people/
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Duration seconds: 1016

## Resource

When is stubbornness a flaw and when does it become necessary for a people to survive? From Menachem Begin's stance against accepting reparations from Germany to the Israelites worshiping the Golden Calf, Rabbi Zuckerman discusses the characterization of Jews as a a "stiff-necked people."

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