In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Notes
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
Shattered Tablets, Broken Democracies
The Torah teaches that we need visual reminders of our leaders' destructiveness and our collective sins. Here are some suggestions.
Aug 4
•
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
2
Share this post
Shattered Tablets, Broken Democracies
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
June 2023
Introduction to Judaism, Session 1: What is Judaism
Listen now (70 mins) | Rabbi Joshua Hammerman teaches the basics of Judaism. This first session discusses how Judaism can be best be summed in three…
Jun 27
Share this post
Introduction to Judaism, Session 1: What is Judaism
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
It's Time to Marginalize "Marginalize"
What the radical right is doing to Jews, LGBTQ, Blacks and others should no longer be tossed aside as simple marginalization, a euphemism that has…
Jun 21
•
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
1
Share this post
It's Time to Marginalize "Marginalize"
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
April 2023
"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
1
Share this post
"Are you there, Margaret? It’s me, God."
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
Midnight in the Garden of Eden
Listen now (21 mins) | 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
Share this post
Midnight in the Garden of Eden
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
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
Share this post
I Asked Chat GPT to Translate the Sh'ma into 20 languages and provide commentary. I did a better job.
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
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
Share this post
From Silence to Defiance: Profiles in Chutzpah from Warsaw to Wiesel
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
March 2023
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
Share this post
A Week That Changed Everything
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
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
Share this post
Jewish & Democratic is not an either/or proposition
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
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
Share this post
God's Signature
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
February 2023
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
Share this post
Is the Wicked, Wicked Man Just Misunderstood?
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
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
Share this post
My Annual Super Bowl Prediction, Using Jewish Sources
rabbijoshuahammerman.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
Other
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts