AUTHOR NAME
Rabbi Erez Sherman
6 ARTICLES
God Is in Our Resiliency
Where was God when … ? We ask this question through the most difficult times in our history, especially this year on the High Holy Days.
High Holy Days 5781: Celebration of the Human Spirit
My daughter tells me a rabbi’s job is to announce pages. My interpretation: A rabbi produces a sacred script. The words of the machzor...
Sorry, Israel Is Complicated
Throw 25 rabbinical students from the major streams of Judaism on an Israeli tour bus for a week, and what do you get? A...
Engaging and Connecting to Covenant Neighbors
I don’t know my neighbors. We wave to one another on our way to work, but I can’t tell you their names, professions or...
Silence on Israel Results in Fear on Campus
As a freshman at Columbia University in September 2000, the toxic anti-Israel atmosphere burgeoned in front of my eyes with the start of the...
Who’s Older Now?
Here is a rabbinic secret. Each year before Yom Kippur, rabbis send an e-mail, asking a simple question: “Has anyone compiled a list of...
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