Revealing God in The Hidden: A Tu B’Shvat Message
One of the most common questions I have gotten as a rabbi is: “Where are all the miracles? Rabbi: if I was just able to see even one real...
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A Student's Journey, A Teacher's Pride
As a teacher, I try to share insights and teachings that I think my students will find powerful, uplifting, and helpful to their lives....
A Chanukah Message: Taking Your Life Back
As the only black man on the Brooklyn Dodgers team, Jackie Robinson was subject to lots of derision, racism, and bigotry. Determined to...
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- Mar 9, 2017
Removing the Mask: A Purim Lesson in the Wake of Israel Apartheid Week
Rudy Rochman blows the Shofar on Columbia’s Campus. Photo by @idost_nyc. READ FULL POST ON TIMES OF ISRAEL Megilat Esther or the Scroll of Esther is the book of the Hebrew Bible Jews will gather to read this Saturday night to celebrate the upcoming holiday of Purim. The Megilah speaks of a beautiful woman chosen to be Queen of the ancient Persian Empire who must hide her Jewish identity. Her very name, Esther or “hidden”, bespeaks the double life she is forced to lead. Esther