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July 8, 2025|י"ב תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ה The Pulpit Must Not be a Political Podium… Most of the Time
June 30, 2025|ד' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Antisemitism Uncensored: Let Them and Let Us
June 24, 2025|כ"ח סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה The Triumph of Israel and the Spirit of the Jewish People
June 18, 2025|כ"ב סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה A Nation Rising and Roaring Like a Lion
June 10, 2025|י"ד סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה From Printing Press to X, When Instant Can Become Insidious
May 20, 2025|כ"ב אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה One Bite of a Mitzvah - What Dave Portnoy Got Wrong
May 14, 2025|ט"ז אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה A Plane With Strings Attached: When a Gift is Not a Gimme
May 7, 2025|ט' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Called Up Yet Again
April 30, 2025|ב' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Meeting with Ben-Gvir
April 23, 2025|כ"ה ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Running Out of Time: Why Talking About the Holocaust Now Matters
March 31, 2025|ב' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ה This March Coach Bruce Pearl is Speaking Out Against the Madness
March 25, 2025|כ"ה אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה From Non-Jewish Nanny to Now-Jewish Nanny: A Lesson For Each of Us
March 18, 2025|י"ח אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Making Courtesy in Shul Common
March 10, 2025|י' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה The Man with the Golden Arm Who Saved Millions
March 6, 2025|ו' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Don't Just be Jew-ish: Be a Proud and Practicing Jew
February 18, 2025|כ' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Airplane Mode While on the Ground
February 4, 2025|ו' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Don't Withdraw, Draw Closer
January 29, 2025|כ"ט טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ה What Our Shuls and Communities can Learn from Disney
January 22, 2025|כ"ב טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Inauguration and Extortion, Pageantry and Pain
January 13, 2025|י"ג טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Eating Garbage
December 30, 2024|כ"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Do You Have 8 Minutes?
December 19, 2024|י"ח כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה The Greatest Threat Americans Face
December 12, 2024|י"א כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה I Didn't Know How Much They Love Us
November 25, 2024|כ"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה There Is No Other Hand
November 20, 2024|י"ט חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Hypocrisy or Healthy? Meeting with the Vilified
November 12, 2024|י"א חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה She is the Only Reason I am Here
November 3, 2024|ב' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה A House of Celebration and Houses of Mourning
October 21, 2024|י"ט תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Simchas Torah One Year Later: A Day of Death, an Opportunity for Rebi...
October 8, 2024|ו' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ה One Step at a Time
September 29, 2024|כ"ו אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Imposter Syndrome and the Real You
September 23, 2024|כ' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Exploding Pagers, Exploding Memes
September 17, 2024|י"ד אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Assassination Attempts and Bucket Lists
September 3, 2024|ל' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Missing Apologies to the Hostages
August 26, 2024|כ"ב אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד "Stuck" and "Stranded" in Space
August 21, 2024|י"ז אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Do You Know What to Answer?
August 15, 2024|י"א אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד A Weird Shidduch and the Message of Tu B'Av
July 15, 2024|ט' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ד What If?
July 11, 2024|ה' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Show Parents & Grandparents of IDF Soldiers That You Care
July 2, 2024|כ"ו סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Don't Let Them Suffer in Silence: PTSD and the IDF
June 19, 2024|י"ג סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד They Bageled, I Blew It
May 28, 2024|כ' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Turn Your Rage into Outrage
May 23, 2024|ט"ו אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Keep the Fire Burning
May 16, 2024|ח' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Stay Humble or Be Humbled
May 9, 2024|א' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Chosen, But for What?
April 16, 2024|ח' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Every Last Crumb
April 11, 2024|ג' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Be an Influencer by Being Yourself
March 28, 2024|י"ח אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד It’s None of Your Business...or Is It?
March 20, 2024|י' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Much More than a Costume
March 14, 2024|ד' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Is Aliyah All or Nothing?
March 6, 2024|כ"ו אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Do Something by Saying Nothing
February 27, 2024|י"ח אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Our Annual Report Card
February 22, 2024|י"ג אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד It Doesn't Do Anything for Me
February 15, 2024|ו' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד How You Can Turn $1,000 into $14 Billion for Israel
February 8, 2024|כ"ט שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Grateful or Not Good Enough? The Grammys Tribute to the Victims of the...
January 16, 2024|ו' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד An Open Letter to Those Visiting Israel
January 11, 2024|א' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Antisemitism is Scary, This Should be Scarier
January 3, 2024|כ"ב טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Don't Vote Republican or Democrat, Vote Israel
December 27, 2023|ט"ו טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Reframe Your Life
December 20, 2023|ח' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד An October 8th Judaism
December 14, 2023|ב' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד It's a Time to Dig Deeper
December 7, 2023|כ"ד כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Hamas Underestimated Us and So Did We
November 30, 2023|י"ז כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Catching our Breath
November 22, 2023|ט' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Davening for Soldiers Doesn’t Conflict With Faith in Hashem
November 9, 2023|כ"ה חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Price of Greatness is Responsibility
November 1, 2023|י"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Do Jewish Lives Matter?
October 26, 2023|י"א חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Israel Has Changed Forever, Have You?
October 16, 2023|א' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד An Open Letter to My Fellow Jews in the Diaspora
August 30, 2023|י"ג אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Artificial Intelligence (AI) and God
August 23, 2023|ו' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Do You Care More About Your Children Being Happy and Successful or Bei...
July 10, 2023|כ"א תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Shul With The Worst Decorum In The World
July 6, 2023|י"ז תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Indignity of Indifference
June 29, 2023|י' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג More Than Just a Nod at the Airport
June 21, 2023|ב' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Disinheriting Disappointing Children
May 17, 2023|כ"ו אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Platforming, Echo Chambers and Silos: The Debate Over CNN's Town Hall
May 10, 2023|י"ט אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Bud Light, Hobby Lobby, Angel Bakery and You: Representing the Brand
May 2, 2023|י"א אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Failing to Recognize Failure - What Giannis and Frum Influencers Got W...
March 29, 2023|ז' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Bitter Herbs, Grateful People
March 22, 2023|כ"ט אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Don't say OCD, Depressed or Anxiety Unless You Mean It
March 8, 2023|ט"ו אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Win or Learn—Never Lose
March 2, 2023|ט' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Don't X Out, Click In
February 9, 2023|י"ח שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Fan or Player? The Big Game Called Life
February 1, 2023|י' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Are Safe Spaces a Danger?
January 26, 2023|ד' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Criticizing Israel - The 5:1 Rule
January 22, 2023|כ"ט טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Cruise Considerations: FAQ
January 4, 2023|י"א טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Roar Like a Lion!
December 20, 2022|כ"ו כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Epidemic of Loneliness
December 8, 2022|י"ד כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Do You Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is?
December 1, 2022|ז' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Honesty is Such a Lonely Word
November 16, 2022|כ"ב חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Criticize or Cancel? Engage or Estrange? Some Questions About Confron...
November 3, 2022|ט' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Is There a Valid Excuse Not to Vote?
October 27, 2022|ב' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Need for Speed
September 21, 2022|כ"ה אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The King's Coronation: 5 Ways We Can Prepare
August 3, 2022|ו' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Social Media & Mental Health, Not Just the Problem of the "Ultra-Ortho...
July 14, 2022|ט"ו תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Did Anne Frank Have Privilege? Do You?
June 30, 2022|א' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב America is in a State of Moral Decline - What Are You Doing About It?
May 19, 2022|י"ח אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Formula Fear
May 5, 2022|ד' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Is Judaism Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?
April 12, 2022|י"א ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Our Unrecognizable World
April 5, 2022|ד' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Most Important Thing You Need to Do to Prepare for Pesach
March 16, 2022|י"ג אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Marking Our Two-Year Anniversary Since Shutting Down
March 10, 2022|ז' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Assimilation is Not the Answer to Antisemitism: Be an Ish Yehudi, a Pr...
February 23, 2022|כ"ב אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The View From the Pew - Observations and Recommendations
February 16, 2022|ט"ו אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Taking Stock of TikTok Torah
January 26, 2022|כ"ד שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב 3 Reasons the Holocaust Still Matters & Must be Taught
January 5, 2022|ג' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Should We Partner With Evangelicals To Support Israel?
December 29, 2021|כ"ה טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב I'm Grateful I Can't Understand
December 22, 2021|י"ח טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Pandemic Profanity
December 15, 2021|י"א טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב What Does Jewish Law Say about Marijuana?
September 9, 2021|ג' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The True Legacy of 9/11
July 27, 2021|י"ח אב ה' אלפים תשפ"א On Influencers' Influence
May 20, 2021|ט' סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"א UFOs and Pro-Israel Life Here on Earth
May 6, 2021|כ"ד אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"א Record Depression & Anxiety: Covid and Our Mental Health
May 2, 2021|כ' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"א We Can't Stop Climbing the Mountain (Remarks Delivered at Boca Raton S...
February 17, 2021|ה' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"א A Year Ago We Put on Masks For Purim and Haven't Taken Them Off Yet
January 7, 2021|כ"ג טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"א When You Get Your Vaccine, Don't Forget To Do This
December 16, 2020|א' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"א Is Zoom a Window or a Mirror?
December 10, 2020|כ"ד כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"א Seeing 20/20, Even In 2020
November 24, 2020|ח' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"א Harvard Researchers Found that Children Who Do This Have Lower Risks o...
November 19, 2020|ג' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"א This Scares Me More Than Antisemitism and It Should Scare You Too
November 5, 2020|י"ח חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"א Why Were Comments Disabled on My Last Article?
October 27, 2020|ט' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"א As an Orthodox Rabbi…I will Not Tell You How To Vote & Neither Should...
October 14, 2020|כ"ו תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"א I Almost Lost a Friend Over This
September 2, 2020|י"ג אלול ה' אלפים תש"פ 3 Things That We Can Still Control, Even When We Feel Powerless
August 18, 2020|כ"ח אב ה' אלפים תש"פ In and Out, Quick and Easy Judaism: Can We Do Better, Even in a Pandem...
August 12, 2020|כ"ב אב ה' אלפים תש"פ #MeToo, Davening and Family Time: The Blessing of Boundaries
July 9, 2020|י"ז תמוז ה' אלפים תש"פ Stand Up and Speak Out
July 2, 2020|י' תמוז ה' אלפים תש"פ Outrage Without Rage
June 28, 2020|ו' תמוז ה' אלפים תש"פ Privilege Is Not A Dirty Word
June 11, 2020|י"ט סיון ה' אלפים תש"פ Patience, Not Platitudes: What Not to Say to Those Celebrating or Mou...
June 3, 2020|י"א סיון ה' אלפים תש"פ The Death of Certainty, the Birth of Accepting our Limitations
May 20, 2020|כ"ו אייר ה' אלפים תש"פ An Open Letter From the Bottom of My Heart
April 24, 2020|ל' ניסן ה' אלפים תש"פ Restricted to our Houses, Appreciating our Homes
January 23, 2020|כ"ו טבת ה' אלפים תש"פ It is Time to Grow Impatient
December 4, 2019|ו' כסלו ה' אלפים תש"פ Don't Put Me in a Box: The Death of Nuance
November 14, 2019|ט"ז חשון ה' אלפים תש"פ Wearing Many Hats: The Balancing Act of Today's Rebbetzin
September 3, 2019|ג' אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ט Hurricane Dorian: We're All Living in the Cone of Uncertainty
March 18, 2019|י"א אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט What Will You Answer About What You Did to Confront Anti-Semitism?
March 10, 2019|ג' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט Are We Playing God? Leadership, Vaccination and a Communal Policy
January 20, 2019|י"ד שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ט It is Time for Outrage, Not Silence!
October 29, 2018|כ' חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ט Tragedy Has Struck, Now What?
October 25, 2018|ט"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ט 18 Million Reasons Why You Should Vote This Election
June 15, 2018|ב' תמוז ה' אלפים תשע"ח Questions Responsible Parents Are Prepared to Answer
March 15, 2018|כ"ח אדר ה' אלפים תשע"ח Beyond #MeToo - Continuing the Conversation
November 30, 2017|י"ב כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ח The Laws Haven't Changed, We Have: Taking Stock of the Recent Scandals...
November 13, 2017|כ"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ח Guest Post - Nobody Knew How Badly I wanted to Kill Myself and How Clo...
September 27, 2017|ז' תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ח The Jewish Community & Drug Addiction: Al Cheit for Not Listening, Not...
February 23, 2017|כ"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ז How Confident Are You That What You Are Reading is True?
January 24, 2017|כ"ו טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ז Did the Anti-Trump Protests Stand Up for Femininity or Compromise It?
January 19, 2017|כ"א טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ז I Was Shocked by What I Learned on My Trip to Cuba This Week
November 4, 2016|ג' חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ז Sitting it Out Should Not be an Option: Get Out and Vote, It Matters!
February 10, 2016|א' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשע"ו Preserving Privacy and Protecting Capacity for Intimacy
January 8, 2016|כ"ז טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ו Two Dollars for the License to Dream
December 18, 2015|ו' טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ו New is Not Necessarily Better
November 18, 2015|ו' כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ו Technology - Playing with Fire
June 17, 2015|ל' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Don't Put Off Having the Talk
May 27, 2015|ט' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Dealing With Depression
May 21, 2015|ג' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Sharing is Not Always Caring: Being Judicious With What We Share
February 12, 2015|כ"ג שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ה Fifty Shades of Red
February 6, 2015|י"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ה Don't Confuse Earning a Living with Living
January 30, 2015|י' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ה Moral Greatness vs. Moral Degradation
December 18, 2014|כ"ו כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ה Being Comfortable Admitting "I Don't Know Enough to Have an Opinion"
November 7, 2014|י"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Baseball vs. Football - Helping the Homeless be Safe at Home
September 5, 2014|י' אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ד Your Private Information Has Been Hacked
August 14, 2014|י"ח אב ה' אלפים תשע"ד Battling Under the Mask
May 16, 2014|ט"ז אייר ה' אלפים תשע"ד Enough With the Public Displays of Affection in Person and Online
April 3, 2014|ג' ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ד Anonymous Bloggers - Cowards or Courageous?
January 3, 2014|ב' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ד Just Because it is Permissible, Doesn't Mean it is Right
December 20, 2013|י"ז טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ד Struggling With Intellectual Dishonesty
November 26, 2013|כ"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ד Selfies and Na'arcissism
October 18, 2013|י"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ד Our Generation's Sacrifice
October 4, 2013|ל' תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ד American Jewry's Existential Threat
August 23, 2013|י"ז אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ג Be on the Correct Side of This Issue!
July 26, 2013|י"ט אב ה' אלפים תשע"ג What is the Most Important Discussion the Orthodox Community Should be...
June 14, 2013|ו' תמוז ה' אלפים תשע"ג Having "The Talk"
May 24, 2013|ט"ו סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ג Remembering on Memorial Day
May 17, 2013|ח' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ג Missionaries in the Neighborhood
May 10, 2013|א' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ג Be Part of the Solution - Agunah Prevention
December 16, 2011|כ' כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ב The Flip Side of Anonymity
December 9, 2011|י"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ב More than Just Clothes: What True Modern Modesty Looks Like