Rabbi Blogs

On a recent mini-vacation, Rabbi Sherman and I drove up the coast, eventually hitting the Carmel Valley. We purposely did not make major plans to stop along the way. Whatever pulled us, we decided in the moment if we should…

While the Jewish people make up 0.2% of the global population, within that percentage is a diverse, multiheritage, varied group. The jokes about Jewish disagreements abound: Two Jews, three opinions. Another famous one: There is one Jew on an island…

Our guest author this week is Rabbinic Intern Shawn Weiss, Ziegler Rabbinical School student and Alumni Fellow of the Flesh Family Sinai Temple Israel Center Rabbinical School Fellowship. There is a verse in this week’s combined Torah portion of Hukkat-Balak…