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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Friday, June 23, 2017

Shabbat O Gram for June 23

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This has been an interesting time for the Conservative Movement in dealing with the issue of intermarriage.  After decades of unquestioned...
Saturday, June 17, 2017

TBE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Commentary: Jason Busch on Shelach Lecha

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I’m sure most of you remember where you were on the night of Feb. 5.  That’s because over a hundred million Americans were watching the Sup...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Shabbat-O-Gram for June 16

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  See  our complete spring and end-of-year album   and our  Cantor's Concert photo album   Shabbat shalom! ...

TBE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Commentary: Sarah Eisenstein on Behaalotcha

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Let me begin with a story, since I love to tell stories, especially this one, which has to do with my dad’s bar mitzvah.  His rabbi was...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Shabbat-O-Gram for June 9

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   Shabbat-O-Gram The Shabbat-O-Gram is sponsored by Jon Eisenstein  and Debbie Eisenstein in honor of their daughter,  Sarah, be...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

TBE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Commentary: Mickey Flaum-Souksamlane on Shavuot

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Chag Samayach--Happy Shavuot! Today I would like to talk to you about how both positive and negative experiences have the ability to le...
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