In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook

In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook

Home
Podcast
Notes
Chat
Mensch-Marks Audiobook Offer
Archive
About
Bill Moyers' death, my recovery and why setting back a nuclear Iran must not be allowed to set back democracy here.
Virulence requires vigilance, as we are engaged in both a marathon AND a sprint. Introducing the Hammerman Doctrine: Never give Trump credit, even when…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
6
Is It OK to Bring Children into this Broken World?
Advice from a Jewish ethicist, but it's not just for Jews.
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
7
Did the U.S. just bomb Iran because of geopolitics...or Genesis? Insights from the Tucker Carlson - Ted Cruz debate.
Trying to understand why conservative Christian support for Israel is so unwavering. Is Fordo a crater today because of something God told Abraham?
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
36
Whatever the ayatollahs get, they deserve. But this cannot devolve into a religious war - P.S., it already has.
Iran’s fundamentalist leadership is evil. But if a “My god is better than your god” mentality is allowed to prevail, neither the world, nor any of the…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
16
Introducing the new Mensch-Marks audiobook. A thank you gift to paid subscribers - and all readers of "In This Moment!
And a way of celebrating the growth of this Substack and thanking you, all the readers of “In This Moment: A Rabbi’s Notebook,”
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Photos and Headlines from a Historic Weekend
No Kings protests in Guilford, CT and headlines from around the world
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
12
On Borrowed Time: Me, My Dog, and America
Sermon delivered on the eve of No Kings Day - America's Yom Kippur - and upon my return to TBE Stamford, one year since my final sermon as Senior Rabbi…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
12
24:35
June 14 will be America's Day of Judgment. For Jews it will be Shabbat - but for everyone it will feel like Yom Kippur.
The fact that Shabbat can be overridden in matters of life and death has never been so relevant as this week. Our peaceful protests will save lives…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
8
"No Kings" misses the point. Trump doesn't think he's king - he thinks he's God.
On June 14, we should call them "No Kings - and No Messiah" rallies. For Trump is not a messiah. He is the worst form of idolator.
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
38
What June 14 will mean for America, as the National Mall becomes Red Square
Desecration, disgrace and despondency will weigh on us, but also trigger a national survival instinct. Not since Antiochus brought a pig to Jerusalem…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
11

May 2025

Friday, the Rabbi Resigned...and Other Profiles in Courage for an Era of Outrage.
Looking for new champions of conscience to rouse us, we find an ex prime minister, an artist, Scott Pelley and other truth tellers raising the stakes…
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
8
What does it mean when the man killed in one of the worst antisemitic attacks in US history…was Christian?
He worked for the Israeli embassy, where he “identified as Jewish,” but also was an active member of a Messianic congregation. Should that matter?
 • 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
36
© 2025 Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture