Sitemap - 2024 - In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook
New Year's Resolutions, Jewish Style
Waging Peace and Esau's Kiss - A Christmas & Hanukkah Wish
Religion and America's Gambling Problem
Hanukkah & Christmas: Perfectly Aligned for a Blended America
“Total victory doesn’t actually mean anything here”
Rejecting Despair and Complacency
The Double Arch is gone, but God's love is here to stay
One More Item for Biden's To-Do List: Make Jan. 6 a National Fast Day
How should a Jew respond to ‘Merry Christmas’?
Allow me to (re) introduce myself - and Substack - to my (new) (old) readers
How to Survive Your Thanksgiving Dinner - With New, Bonus Material
Real Israelis and Real Americans
How to Survive Your Thanksgiving Dinner
"Worst case...in four years time we'll replace him"
How Should Jews Respond to Rampant Antisemitism and the Growing Threat of Autocracy?
A Widening Rift and a Faith Based Ballot: What the 80-20 Jewish Vote Means
Present as Prologue - Reflections on the Morning After
The Hammerman Trump Collection
For Trump, the Meanness is the Message
The Fierce Urgency of "If Not Now"
Home Again: A Childhood Synagogue, a Talmudic Classroom and “Our Town.”
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 9: Some Last Minute Advice from Our Sages
The Trumpiest Yom Kippur Confessional Ever
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 8: A Good Heart - Middah Lev Tov
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 7: Being Beloved - Ahuv
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 6: Asking and Answering - Middah Shoayl U'Mayshiv
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 5: Quoting One's Sources - Omer Davar BeShem Omro
Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Brief - Six Takeaways from Jewish Sources
Mensch•Mark For Tishrei 4: An Understanding of the Heart - Binat HaLev
Mensch•Mark For Elul 29, Tishri 1, 2 and 3
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman's High Holidays Message 2024 - "The Fear of Isaac"
Mensch•Mark For Elul 28: Love of Being Straightforward - Ohev et HaMaysharim
Mensch•Mark For Elul 27: To Share the Burden with One's Friend - Nosay B'ol Im Chavayro
Mensch•Mark For Elul 26: Limiting One's Involvement in Worldly Concerns - Miyut Derech Eretz
42 Years Later, Israel and Lebanon get a Do-Over
(Extra for Shabbat) Mensch•Mark For Elul 25: To Learn by Repetition - Middah Mishnah
Mensch•Mark For Elul 24: Knowing One's Place - Makir et Mekomo
Mensch•Mark For Elul 23: To Determine Exactly what One Hears - Mechavayn et Sh'muato
Mensch•Mark For Elul 22: Distance Yourself From Honor- Mitrachayk Min HaKavod
Greatest Hits from the Trump Era #1: Moving the Embassy to Jerusalem
Mensch•Mark For Elul 21: Sharpening the Wisdom of One's Teacher-Machkim et Rabo
Trust, Truth and Trump (and Netanyahu too)
Mensch•Mark For Elul 20: Contentment with One's Lot - Samayach B'Chelko
Mensch•Mark For Elul 19: Sharp Discussion with Students - Pipul HaTalmidim
(Special for Shabbat) Mensch•Mark For Elul 18: Concentrate on One's Studies-Mityashev Libo BeTalmudo
Mensch•Mark For Elul 17 Setting Others on the Path of Peace-Ma'amido al HaShalom
Mensch•Mark For Elul 16 Cleaving to Friends - Dibuk Chaverim
Mensch•Mark For Elul 15: Set Others on the Path of Truth - Ma'amido al HaEmet
Mensch•Mark For Elul 14: Judging Others Favorably - Machrio L'Chaf Zechut
Mensch-Mark for Elul 13: Slowness to Anger - Erech Apayim
Mensch•Mark For Elul 12: Modesty - Anavah
The Springfield Blood Libel is Not Funny.
(Shabbat Special) Mensch•Mark For Elul 11: A Perceptive Heart - Sichlut HaLev
Mensch•Mark For Elul 10: Moderation in Business - Miyut Sechorah
Mensch•Mark For Elul 8 - Loving Righteous Ways - Ohev Et HaTzadakot
Mensch•Mark For Elul 7: A Minimum of Sleep - Miyut Shaynah
Mensch•Mark For Elul 6: Loving Reproof or Rebuke - Ohev et HaTochachot
Mensch•Mark For Elul 5: A Minimum of Pleasure - Miyut Ta'anug
Special Mensch•Mark For Elul 4: Loving God - Ohev et HaMakom (Extra for Shabbat)
Mensch•Mark For Elul 3: A Minimum of Frivolity - Miyut Sechok
Mensch•Mark For Elul 2: Loving All Creatures - Ohev et HaBriyot
Caught Between Heaven and Hell
Mensch•Mark For Elul 1: A Listening Ear - Sh'miat Ha'ozen
Starts Tomorrow: Mensch•Marks for the New Year
Coming Next Week: Mensch•Marks for the New Year
Why do they hate us? It's a fascinating question - and the wrong one
Fallen Arches and the God of Change
Paid Subscriptions Activated (Re-sent)
Josh Shapiro's Second Bar Mitzvah Speech
Jerusalem Youth Chorus Wows "America's Got Talent" - This Could Become a Big Deal
Does God Send Bullets - or Hints?
My Cousin Jeff Avick's Landmark 1993 Speech: "What HIV Means To Me"
Memorial Day & D-Day(s); Jews, Money and Boesky
The Yearning (and other stuff)
Loneliness, Holiness, and Yom Hazikaron
Benediction Given on 5/3 at Holocaust Memorial Program, State Senate Chambers, Hartford CT
"And Live By Them" - The Value of "Pikuach Nefesh"
A Rabbi Dies - and Kills - and More on "Flipping the Script"
In This Moment: Flipping the Script
How O.J. Simpson changed the way I think about God
Moral Clarity vs. Moral Purity
Jews Loved Joe Lieberman – But His Candidacy Made Us Nervous
Purim and Palm Sunday, Together at Last
Schumer, Wiesel and the Zone of Indifference
Leapin' Lizards, a Double Leap Year!
Humash with Rashi? How About "Israel with Joshi"
Christian Love vs "Jewish Hate" - A Tale of Two Super Bowl Ad Campaigns
Israel Held Hostage - By Congress
"The Great Replacement," Gaza Style
On Tu B'Shevat, Which Takes Precedence? The Land of Israel or the Earth?