Recently, the rabbi of a synagogue reached out to its former rabbinic interns for brief teachings around Passover/Pesach/פסח and some heeded the call. As a former rabbinic intern of this synagogue, Beth David Synagogue of West Hartford, CT, having served as the rabbinic intern in 2007-2008, I was happy toContinue Reading
With most of the staff at the senior living facility where I work getting vaccinated against COVID-19, we have seen a significant improvement in our building dealing with COVID-19. So much so that our building administrator published a letter the other day in which he writes, “I am happy toContinue Reading
Surprise If you had asked me before I started my current job as a chaplain at a senior living facility about making art videos, I would have found that to be strange. Yet, here I am, making art videos. First Video Of course, it started amidst the pandemic, as noContinue Reading
With Purim taking place this evening and continuing through tomorrow, I am excited to share this year’s trio of episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show on the topic of Purim: A Kabbalistic Approach To Purim-Drinking Drinking Parties In The Book Of Esther Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) On Purim-Drunkenness HereContinue Reading
In my current position as a chaplain at a senior living facility, I have had the interesting situation of answering, as it were, to two separate bosses: one internal to the facility and one external to the facility. Internal to the facility, I am answerable to the building administrator. ExternalContinue Reading
Having published video essays on each of the texts in the first chapter of Pirkei Avot, I am now proud to share that I have completed a series of video essays on each of the texts in the second chapter of Pirkei Avot. This entire series on the second chapterContinue Reading
On Thursday evening, I spoke on a Zoom panel discussion on serving as a rabbi during the current global pandemic. The event, hosted by the Adath Israel Brotherhood of Adath Israel Congregation. Here is my presentation, along with answering a couple of questions during the Question-and-Answer segment at the endContinue Reading
I am excited to share my appearance on the 17th episode of the Drinking & Drashing podcast. The episode is available here (as well as many different services): If you’re interested in checking out some clips from the episode, here are several: Briefly Discussing the Origin Story of JewishDrinking.com &Continue Reading
Having announced that I am doing a series of video essays on Pirkei Avot, I am pleased to share that I have completed the first chapter. The video essays on the first chapter are all available on this YouTube playlist. You are also welcome to peruse them below:Continue Reading
Most rabbis do not get to receive the opportunity to be amongst the first to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, yet, as a chaplain working at such a facility, I have the wonderful opportunity to receive this vaccination. I was very excited on Thursday when I received the first doseContinue Reading