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I sometimes hate admitting what I do. Just saying I am a rabbi leads perfect strangers to apologize for not being religious, as if I were some Jewish Grand Inquisitor charged with measuring Jewish piety. I do, however, wonder what is meant by “not religious.” Some people mean they don’t believe in God, but when […]

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While most Americans were glued to the TV watching the Apollo 11’s first landing on the moon on July 20, 1969, my parents had their own reason for celebration: the birth of their first child — myself — the previous day. I was born three weeks past my mom’s due date (someone had trouble with […]

Yerach Meirsdorf met Nava Berenshtin in 2017 when they were students at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem (SRS), which is affiliated with the Conservative movement, known as Masorti in Israel. In advance of their Talmud class that was taught chavruta style (study partner learning), over 40 students were asked to fill out questionnaires. Yerach, […]

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