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Last night, I spoke on an interfaith panel on the topic of climate change and environmental stewardship, representing the Jewish perspective. Taking place at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), the panel discussion was put together by the nascent Interfaith Project at CSULB.  Questions under consideration for the panel wereContinue Reading

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Upon popular request at the end of Wednesday’s “Witches & Brews” event as part of my “Bible & Brewery” series, I held a sequel event in Orange County.  Returning to Bootlegger’s Brewery in Fullerton, “Witches & Brews 2” featured an exploration of texts from rabbinic literature on witches and witchcraft.Continue Reading

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Last night, I led a conversation for with young adults about witches in the Jewish Bible in Orange County as part of my newly-relaunched “Bible & Brewery” series for Southern California Jewish Young Adult Enrichment. With “Witches & Brews”, we met at Bootlegger’s Brewery, which has a nice outdoor patioContinue Reading

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For the second time this semester, I had the pleasure of speaking with students at California State University – Fullerton about an upcoming holiday.  Yesterday, in collaboration with the Hillel of Orange County, I spoke with students about Yom Kippur. Having previously spoken with them two weeks previously about RoshContinue Reading

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It is nice to be recognized by one’s alma mater. In the most recent issue of the weekly newsletter of the rabbinical school from which I graduated, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, I was featured! In the second section, in which they highlight a current student or an alumnus, I am theContinue Reading

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Last night, I led a discussion on shofar-blasting for Rosh HaShanah, which was cheerfully accompanied by a bourbon-tasting. Continuing on with the bimonthly series I began two years ago with a spirits-tasting and learning opportunity, last night’s event focussed on various aspects of shofar-blasting, just in time ahead of RoshContinue Reading

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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with students at California State University, Fullerton about the upcoming holiday of Rosh HaShanah.  In collaboration with Orange County Hillel, I spoke during their weekly “Throw Bagel Thursday” event in the Titan Student Union, discussing aspects about the holiday, which will be coming upContinue Reading

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Yesterday, I took part in a really neat program that a local Jewish school ran.  Tarbut v’Torah in Irvine has its high school seniors deliver a d’var Torah on a given parashah at some point during the school year.  To help them with their speeches, Tarbut v’Torah invited various rabbisContinue Reading