Some Highlights from This Week’s “Rabbis Without Borders” Sessions
The past couple of days, Clal held the first session of its fifth cohort of its Rabbis Without Borders fellowship. Having been a past participant of the fellowship, I am always interested to see what is being shared out into the public from the sessions. Not only simply because IContinue Reading
Sukkot with Beach Hillel
As in years past, I spent many activities with Long Beach Hillel for the holiday of Sukkot, enriching its programs and its students. Beginning with leading a Beach Hillel staff learning session on Sukkot, it continued with putting up both the off-campus and the on-campus sukkot (and picking up theContinue Reading
Working on the 2013 West Coast Hillel Staff Conference
Since I have worked in my current position, included in which is serving as the rabbi for Long Beach Hillel, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life holds an annual [inter]national staff conference in St. Louis, known as Hillel Institute, at the beautiful campus of Washington University either at theContinue Reading
Hillel Institute 2013
For the fourth consecutive year, I attended the annual Hillel staff conference, Hillel Institute, in St. Louis. As with the previous two years, I was there due to the financial support of Long Beach Hillel (I had to raise money from private individuals to make it possible for me toContinue Reading
A Breakdown of My Time Spent This Past Year
I frequently get asked as to how much time I spend on the various facets of my job. One of the biggest questions is how much time I spend with Beach Hillel, since I serve as the rabbi. In past years, I would spend a significant amount of time withContinue Reading
Beach Hillel Staff Learning Sessions: An Evolution
Two years ago at Hillel Institute, I came back with some ideas regarding Beach Hillel, one of which was to incorporate some Jewish content in each of our weekly Beach Hillel staff-and-interns meetings. While I don’t remember from whom I heard the idea, I do remember coming back from thatContinue Reading
Office Hours at CSULB
Yesterday, I began being available on-campus at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) for office hours. I will be there Tuesdays (September 12th UPDATE:) Wednesdays for the fall semester from 1:30-3:30 in the University Interfaith Center (Brotman Hall, room 178). It has been a few years since I last heldContinue Reading
On Instagram
It was almost a year ago that I began to use Instagram for professional purposes, using a separate account from my personal one. I use separate accounts for the same reason that I have separate Twitter accounts for my personal use and professional use: separating out my “brand identities”Continue Reading
Leading Discussions at Moishe House Thus Far in 2013
This year, I have led several discussions at the Moishe House of Orange County, which has been a great collaborative relationship. One of the things that makes it great is that we each bring things to the table: they bring the young adults and put out topic-appropriate foods/drinks and IContinue Reading
No More Newsletters, Per Se: Concerning Communications
Since January 2010, I have been putting out newsletters for my job (with Southern California Jewish Student Services and also Southern California Jewish Young Adult Enrichment), however, I have recently realized that I should discontinue doing so. While attending the 2013 Hillel Institute, I realized that not that many peopleContinue Reading