On One Foot: Joshua Hammerman's Blog

Author of "Embracing Auschwitz" and "Mensch•Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi - Wisdom for Untethered Times." Winner of the Rockower Award, the highest honor in Jewish journalism and 2019 Religion News Association Award for Excellence in Commentary. Musings of a rabbi, journalist, father, husband, poodle-owner, Red Sox fan and self-proclaimed mensch, taken from essays, columns, sermons and thin air. Writes regularly in the New York Jewish Week and Times of Israel.

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Thursday, August 18, 1994

Query Letter to Gary Rosenblatt, starting my 25 years as a columnist for the New York Jewish Week

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Monday, August 8, 1994

Politics and ther Pulpit: A Volatile Mix (Forward)

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Saturday, June 25, 1994

Running for the Lord's Pleasure

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Friday, June 10, 1994

Shelach Lecha Jewish Voice

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Wednesday, June 1, 1994

From the Archives: TBE's Bulletin, 30 Years Ago

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At the conclusion of each programming year, I used to lay out my "State of the Synagogue" with a focus on religion and education, ...
Sunday, May 1, 1994

The Inclusion of the Matriarchs in the Amida (Bulletin Article)

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  See full packet from 2007 Synaplex session
Friday, April 1, 1994

Morally Society Had Made Progress (Advocate)

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Sunday, March 13, 1994

Birth Rite (New York Times Magazine)

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The New York Times Magazine, March 13 1994 PDF of original article As one of their duties, rabbis guide nervous parents thro...
Sunday, December 19, 1993

God's Place: The City

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The following address was delivered by Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El, Stamford, at a joint service between Temple Beth El and Bet...

God's Place: The City

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  God's Place: The City by Joshua Hammerman The following address was delivered by Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El, Stamford, a...
Saturday, November 20, 1993

Jeff Avick presentation at Temple Beth El, Stamford CT, on living with HIV

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Click here for a collection of Jeff's poetry and essays Click here for Jeff's obituary in the NYT, following his death on 9/1/1999
Thursday, September 9, 1993

Yom Kippur Day, 1993 - Bonding with Israel

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Sunday, August 8, 1993

Mourner's Kaddish at TBE (1993 Bulletin article - click on photo for pdf)

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Sunday, May 30, 1993

Cheating Cheats Everyone (Advocate)

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Friday, April 30, 1993

Living Life Through Television isn't Really Living Life. at All (Advocate)

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