In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook

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Thank you, IRS! You’ve Just Unleashed Democracy’s Secret Weapon: Activist Clergy.
Progressive Clergy can now say the quiet stuff out loud. If only they can summon the courage to stand up to their lay leaders.
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Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
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A Message from Casey, the Miracle Poodle, to Superman, the Miracle Texas Flood Dog - and all other living creatures in distress
Don’t give up hope! Miracles happen! I know! What we dogs are here to teach you is that if a fellow creature is suffering, you’ve got to hear their cry.
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Drinking the Kool-Aid: What do Jonestown, Masada and Joe Pisarcik have to do with Trump’s Election Sabotage?
Trump’s proposed election "reforms" show that he has no faith that his followers will continue to follow his agenda voluntarily. It's an admission that…
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In light of what Congress has done, "If not now, when?" is no longer a question. It's an exclamation!
This is a moment of moral obligation. We are called upon to defend what is right and good.
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June 2025

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…
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Is It OK to Bring Children into this Broken World?
Advice from a Jewish ethicist, but it's not just for Jews.
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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?
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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…
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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,”
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Photos and Headlines from a Historic Weekend
No Kings protests in Guilford, CT and headlines from around the world
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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…
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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…
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