Sects and the City

One Rabbi's journey through life and learning

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

2 years

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My mother, Sharon, died two years ago, today. In some ways, it's hard to believe it's only been two years.  It feels like a lifet...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Yom Kippur Sermon 5775 - Creative Midrash

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Jonah: The Prequel I was born a cursed man. I'm not famous. Not yet, at least. But soon, everyone is going to know my name: J...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

SuperMichael and SuperPhyllis

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Michael and Liz, visiting during her Year-in-Israel, 2005 It was the summer of 1999 at Goldman Union Camp Institute.  I was still in hi...
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

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YOM KIPPUR - 5774 Over the last several months, I cannot seem to stop thinking about “thestrals”. Before this year, I did not understan...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Shema in the Sound Booth - Shavuot

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I wrote this piece last year (2012), after attending and helping out at WAREHOUSE SHABBAT I’ve been thinking a lot lately abo...
Friday, May 10, 2013

A question of moral responsibitlity

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Often times, the greatest questions of morality and character do not reflect how to achieve happiness or whether something is definitively...
Friday, April 26, 2013

What drives you to do Social Justice? Reflections from the Brickner Rabbinic Program

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The question was so simple.  “What drives you to do social justice?”  But the answer was so complex and varied.  The themes were similar:...
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Elizabeth Wood
Forest Hills, NY, United States
I'm a young Reform Rabbi, living in NYC, chronicling my journey through life, learning, the city, and the various ways to bridge ancient traditions with modern Judaism.
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