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With the publication of the 50th Shabbat Newsletter at my chaplaincy position, I realized I hadn’t previously made publicly available my archive of Shabbat Newsletters, so I am excited to announce that the newsletters are available here (N.B. the Shabbat Newsletter initiative began with my predecessor, so I am only includingContinue Reading

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There are huge changes taking place, which is very on-brand for 2021 (the year of change), although these are affecting my job. These changes have come from both governmental agencies that regulate what can be done at the senior living facility where I serve as a chaplain, as well asContinue Reading

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Leading up to Passover this year, I wanted to publish four episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show, the leading podcast on drinking in Judaism, to cutely correspond to the four cups of wine at the Passover Seder. Adding to the two episodes I published last year (“Whiskey As The CatalystContinue Reading

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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

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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