I am excited to announce I have created a new series on Pirkei Avot, a collection of dozens of rabbinic wisdom sayings from many centuries ago. This series is taking place in the form of brief videos of me discussing each and every text in the collection. Having kicked-off this seriesContinue Reading
I am excited to share that I was the featured podcast guest on a recent episode of the Designated Drinker Show. Appearing on the podcast’s 152nd episode, which was released two weeks ago today, the discussion covered rabbinical school training, Hanukah, and The Jewish Drinking Show. The episode also featuredContinue Reading
I am excited to share that I was a guest on the most recent episode of the Let There Be Light podcast. For this 28th episode of the podcast, which is available online here, the discussion, which takes place from 4:21 through 19:54, begins with me discussing my work asContinue Reading
In the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com Show, Rabbi Andie Cosnowsky, senior rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard, Illinois, joined me to alcoholism and alcohol abuse in the Jewish community. Here is the episode, in both video and podcast versions: Video: Podcast:Continue Reading
One of the lengthier discussions on wine and drinking in rabbinic literature occurs in the Babylonian Talmud on Eruvin 64-65, which happens to also be the pages of the current Daf Yomi cycle for today and tomorrow. So, for my 47th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast and video show, IContinue Reading
Having been in my current job for four months now, I have finally begun to see for myself the effects that the lockdowns at the senior living facility where I work have been taking upon the residents. While I had heard from others in the building when I had firstContinue Reading
Thursday marked exactly three months of my having been in my current position as a Director of Pastoral Care at a senior living facility and one thing that has struck me is that dying and death are much different here than it is as portrayed on television and movies. ThisContinue Reading
Having mentioned previously about the surprise COVID-19 case we had at the senior living facility where I work, I have some follow-up to the story, which is that there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news was that the case was confined to just one particular resident, andContinue Reading
Having mentioned previously that I am commonly asked by chaplain colleagues “Have you done CPE?”, I would be interested to engage in CPE training…when they become available to do so, as long as my current job allows me to do so. One thing I came across that I have foundContinue Reading
This past Sunday marked the conclusion of my summer “Star Wars and Judaism” series, in which I held live Zoom sessions over the course of a dozen consecutive weeks. Taking place on Sunday evenings from late May through this past Sunday, I put together source sheets on Sefaria and heldContinue Reading