Rabbi Blogs

These past few weeks, I have watched commencement ceremonies at both universities and high schools. The featured content is either the commencement address or valedictorian speech. Sadly, the audience holds its breath from start to finish, wondering if the seemingly…

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…

A pious person once said, “We were given two eyes: one very powerful for introspection, so we should find out smaller faults; the other very weak, for viewing others. Only, too often, we switch their functions.” It is interesting to…