Guest Appearance on the Drinking & Drashing Podcast
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
Series of Video Essays on the First Chapter of Pirkei Avot
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
Getting Vaccinated Along with Most of the Staff
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
New Pirkei Avot Series
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
Podcast Guest on Designated Drinker Show
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
Podcast Guest on The Let There Be Light Show
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
Podcast Episode #48 Now Out on Alcoholism in the Jewish Community
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
Newest Podcast Episode Now Out on Eruvin 64-65
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
Finally Seeing the Emotional Toll of Lockdowns During COVID-19 on Seniors
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
Death & Dying – Not Always Like TV & Movies
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