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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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Mark Wildes
- Dec 30, 2021
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....
Mark Wildes
- Dec 1, 2021
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...
Mark Wildes
- Nov 24, 2021
Finding Happiness in What You Already Have: A Thanksgiving Message
We tend to appreciate the basic gifts of life only after they are threatened. As long as we remain in good health, we go about our daily...
Mark Wildes
- Nov 3, 2021
The Spiritual Cosmopolitan: Can You Be Religious and Worldly?
“Isaac loved Esav…but Rebecca loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28) It’s not difficult to understand why Rebecca loved Jacob. He was a parent’s...
Mark Wildes
- Oct 6, 2021
The Jewish James Bond
Daniel Craig’s last appearance as James Bond can be seen beginning this Friday in theaters in “No Time To Die.” Whether it’s Daniel...
Mark Wildes
- Sep 23, 2021
Is Our Judaism Portable?
A colleague, Rabbi Jonathan Gross served as a rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska for close to a decade. Nebraskans, as you may know, take their...
Mark Wildes
- Sep 13, 2021
Imagine: John Lennon and Jewish Universalism
Growing up, John Lennon was a major part of my life. By the time I was 12, I knew most of the Beatles songs — their music, lyrics and all...
Mark Wildes
- Jul 22, 2021
Judaism By Choice
Reading some of the angry responses to “My Unorthodox Life,” I was questioning whether to join the cacophony of criticism. But without...
Mark Wildes
- Jul 14, 2021
We Will Not Be Silent
Any time you stand between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, sharing an afternoon with thousands of Jews, you can’t help but have...
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