Rabbi David Wolpe
David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi at Sinai Temple. His most recent book is “David: The Divided Heart” (Yale University Press).
The lessons of Europe
November 30, 2016
To walk through the great cities of Europe is to consort with ghosts.
Yizkor – A letter to my father
October 13, 2016
Dear Dad, You\’ve been gone 7 years. I remember when you cursed at me.
Conservative Judaism seeks its true name
November 24, 2015
I grew up as a Conservative Jew, my father a Conservative Rabbi.
A funeral for Richard Lakin
October 28, 2015
\”I want to thank him for teaching me how to ride a bike. And for watching Charlotte\’s Web with me over and over again.\” The granddaughter of the gentle man lying on a bier, shrouded in his tallit, began to weep.
Rabbi David Wolpe’s kavannah for Shabbat of unity with the people of Israel
October 14, 2015
We invite people around the world to recite this kavannah in unity with the State of Israel this Shabbat, October 17, 2015
Iranian nuclear deal is a win for anti-Semitism
July 14, 2015
I suppose all hatred has an element of irrationality. Yet some hatreds are more irrational than others. For thousands of years, hatred of Jews has been unique.
At seder, don’t bite the hand that serves
April 2, 2015
At your seder, you just might be the Egyptian.
Wolpe on the murder of teens: Don’t say ‘BUT’
July 7, 2014
Please, please don’t say ‘but.’ The words after ‘but’ invalidate everything that comes before – “He’s a nice person, but he does steal from the company.” You see? “But” is a meaning duster, sweeping all that precedes it.
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