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Rabbi Warren Goldstein

Frontline health-care workers in Israel receive flowers as part of the Shabbat Project 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

The Shabbat Project: Step inside

Like Abraham’s tent, the Shabbat Project is a place of shade and relief, open to every Jew.

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

October 21, 2021

Pope Francis presides over Mass on Easter Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Altar of the Chair. Source: YouTube

Pope Francis is wrong: The laws of the Torah do give life

What good are profound values if we don’t know how to put them into action?

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

September 15, 2021

The Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on Lag B'Omer, May 11, 2020. Photo by Flash 90.

The mitzvah of re-creating our world

This is the message of Lag B’Omer, of Rabbi Akiva, who against all odds rebuilt Torah and with it, the Jewish people.

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

April 27, 2021

A Passover seder dinner table on the eve of the Jewish holiday. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

The quest for curiosity jump-started at the seder

People conventionally understand the seder to be about getting the children to ask questions. But it goes deeper than that.

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

March 15, 2021

Two loaves of challah ready for Shabbat. Credit: Pixabay.

‘Flowers for Shabbat’: Healing our divisions

The light of the candles allows us to savor the experience of being together to create an atmosphere of tranquility; when people are able to see each other’s faces, they can really connect.

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

November 4, 2020

Two loaves of challah ready for Shabbat. Credit: Pixabay.

Shabbat: Reclaiming Jewish identity from anti-Semitism

On Shabbat, Jewish communities worldwide read the same Torah portion and feel part of the natural rhythm built into the Jewish week. We feel a sense of belonging in a world of fragmentation.

Rabbi Warren Goldstein

November 6, 2019