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In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook

A Mensch's Guide to Life

Mar 24, 2021 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

"Are you there, Margaret? It’s me, God."

Netanyahu’s tough interviews on American TV were a rude awakening. He’s lost the anchors. He's lost Democrats. He’s lost most American Jews. If he’s…

Apr 25 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Midnight in the Garden of Eden

Listen now (21 min) | Jewish visions of climate and change. Can sustainability become the New Normal? (Earth Week talk at Interfaith Council's "For the…

Apr 23 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

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My Annual Super Bowl Prediction, Using Jewish Sources

Feb 10 • Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Dear Gen Z Jews...

Oct 31, 2022 • Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Heschel's Audacity and Hamlin's Injury

Jan 8 • Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

"Are you there, Margaret? It’s me, God."

Apr 25 • Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Why “He Gets Us” Gets Jews Nervous

Feb 2 • Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

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I Asked Chat GPT to Translate the Sh'ma into 20 languages and provide commentary. I did a better job.

Frustrated by its incompetence, I decided to run rabbinic circles around Chatty by producing ten of my own takes on the Sh'ma

Apr 21 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

From Silence to Defiance: Profiles in Chutzpah from Warsaw to Wiesel

The Jewish imperative to stand up for justice, which I learned - as a rebellious youth - from Aaron's sons

Apr 16 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

A Week That Changed Everything

Passover is a festival both of springtime beauty and national liberation. These fateful weeks have reminded us freedom, like the land, is worth dying…

Mar 31 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Jewish & Democratic is not an either/or proposition

What the musical "Kazablan" understood fifty years ago, could help Israel out of its crisis today.

Mar 23 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

God's Signature

You can put lipstick on the Golden Calf, but it will still be an idol. You can put lipstick on January 6, and the purveyor of this falsehood will still…

Mar 9 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Is the Wicked, Wicked Man Just Misunderstood?

Jewish tradition teaches us that no human being is either totally evil or completely good.

Feb 28 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

My Annual Super Bowl Prediction, Using Jewish Sources

Amazingly, eagles and chiefs BOTH appear in this week's Torah portion.

Feb 10 •

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

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