The Force Behind History And Our Lives
Years ago, I heard the following story from Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, the former Chief Rabbi of Israel. It will require a bit of your...
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The Standing Ovation Which Never Should Have Been
Will Smith’s slapping Chris Rock at the Oscar’s has attracted a lot of attention. And for good reason. One is never justified in...
Seize the Moment! A Purim 2022 Message
FEATURED ON TIMES OF ISRAEL Irena Sendler of Warsaw Poland died on May 12, 2008 at the ripe age of 98. During the Second World War, Irena...
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Mark Wildes
- Dec 4, 2018
Santa vs. Latkes: Fighting for a Deeper Judaism On Chanukah
By Rabbi Mark Wildes Since Chanukah is such a joyous time I hate to get negative. However, as a student of Jewish history and a rabbi...
Mark Wildes
- Nov 19, 2018
Type in ‘Jewish’ and ‘Money’: See What Comes Up
By Rabbi Mark Wildes NOW PUBLISHED ON TIMES OF ISRAEL On November 9, Twitter user @voidmstr tweeted at Shutterstock, a leading American...
Mark Wildes
- Nov 5, 2018
Some People Take Revenge. Jews Do Something Else
By Rabbi Mark Wildes The Jewish Sages teach, based on the life of the matriarch Sarah, that a righteous person never stops growing. A...
Mark Wildes
- Oct 25, 2018
Rabbi Mark Wildes Featured in The Forward – “How One Rabbi Keeps Singles Safe”
By Rabbi Mark Wildes NEW OP-ED NOW FEATURED ON THE FORWARD! Click below to view. #frontpage #JewishPride #lifelessons
Mark Wildes
- Oct 8, 2018
Kavanaugh & Ford: Two Jewish Principles at Stake
By Rabbi Mark Wildes Watching Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearings was upsetting, shocking, and...
Mark Wildes
- Aug 22, 2018
Looking Beyond the Instant to Find Happiness
NOW UP ON THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Rabbi Mark Wildes Where the Happiest People Live A new study surveying 20,000 young people from 20...
Mark Wildes
- Jun 13, 2018
Marching Against Bias
NOW UP ON THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Rabbi Mark Wildes Last week, as MJE has done for 20 years, we marched in the Annual Celebrate Israel...
Mark Wildes
- May 1, 2018
Lag Ba’omer: A Minor Holiday with Major Implications for Jews and Israel Today
TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOG POST by RABBI MARK WILDES | Monday, May 01, 2018 As a kid, I always loved Lag Ba’omer. That was the day my Jewish...
Mark Wildes
- Mar 28, 2018
Something for your Seder
BLOG POST by RABBI MARK WILDES | Wednesday, April 28, 2018 Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchick told the story of a Seder he remembered from his...
Mark Wildes
- Feb 16, 2018
Some Good From the Bad
BLOG POST by RABBI MARK WILDES | Friday, February 16, 2018 On Wednesday, I was participating in a rabbinic conference in Boca Raton,...