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Adam J. Raskin

Jan 25, 2023, 7:06 PM

A Catholic priest, an Episcopal rector, and a Presbyterian minister walk into a rabbi’s house for Shabbat dinner… Although this sounds like the beginning of a joke, it actually happened not long ago, in my home. I had become...

Dec 14, 2022, 11:44 PM

Does Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Believe in Jewish Unity?

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a rally against Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana conversion and kashrut reforms plan, at the International Convention Center, on February 1, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 *** Local Caption ***
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The recent declaration by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi, that Conservative and Reform Judaism amount to “a new religion,” the central tenet of which is to “uproot our Torah,” is actually the perfect preparation for the upcoming...

Dec 1, 2020, 1:35 AM

Standing Alone at a Covid Funeral

The grave was open when I arrived, and the casket had already been lowered into the earth. A chilly wind whipped through the cemetery causing the driver of the hearse to take refuge in the warmth of the coach. ...

Apr 3, 2020, 6:58 PM

Ten Plagues & Corona Virus: To skip or to dip?

“This is not an emergency, but...” So began the voicemail left on my personal cell phone by a member of my congregation. In this day and age, that “but” has an ominous ring. What came next, however, was not...

Jun 12, 2019, 8:38 PM

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My 18-year-old’s advice for the Conservative movement

The Jewish Theological Seminary. (Courtesy)

When you try to be all things to all people, you dilute the unique approach to tradition and modernity that makes you worthwhile

Feb 12, 2019, 11:56 PM

Keep partisanship not politics off the pulpit

In 1982, the rabbi of the congregation where I grew up preached a fiery Rosh Hashanah sermon entitled “If God Were King.” The sermon was a riff on the central High Holiday prayer Avinu Malkeinu, which beseeches the Parent...

About Me

Rabbi Adam Raskin is spiritual leader of Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, MD. He earned his BA in Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University, and received the prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship for his studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and Jerusalem. Some of his greatest loves include teaching and inculcating Jewish joy in children’s lives, teaching and relating Judaism’s deep wisdom in classes and on the bimah, and participating in people’s most sacred life experiences. He possesses truly boundless love for the Jewish people.

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