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Conversation with Green Bay Packers Running Back AJ Dillon (yes, he’s Jewish!)
Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon talks about his Jewish upbringing, Hebrew school vs. football, ancestry, being there for others, and what it was like running out the Lambeau Field tunnel for the first time.…
Own Your Judaism Livestream Conversation with Jonathan daCosta
During the pandemic, Jonathan Costa published his first novel, The Children of Noah: A COVID Tale. In today’s Livestream Conversation, Jon and I discuss the complicated history of his name, the central theory of the book…
If God Knows Everything, Then Why Did God Give People Free Will?
Thank you to Mason, 15 years old, for asking this question. In this video, I name seven possible responses and add a story in the middle.
Reflections on Pirkei Avot
(Note: for the past 18 months, a group of dedicated learners have joined me for weekly classes on Pirkei Avot. We completed our study of the text last week, and these are my reflections.) The world…