Ari M. Solomont, at The Blogs

Mar 31, 2024, 11:34 AM

Social Media Sensitivities in Sensitive Times

As a follow-up to my pre-Purim post, since the war began, I have struggled with how to reflect life on Facebook. With so much ongoing stress, suffering, and heartache, how can we post pictures that in real life usually...

Mar 22, 2024, 5:46 PM

We are the simcha in wartime

“How will we celebrate Purim this year?” This is not only my question. It’s a question many of us are asking. How can we bring ourselves to the joyous celebration our holiday commands while reconciling the loss and pain...

Apr 10, 2023, 11:42 PM

Embracing heartbreak and celebration

As Jews, we are genetically engineered to embrace the conflicting emotions of celebration and heartbreak. Since the middle-ages, we have invoked the Yizkor, the memory of martyrs, our beloved and dearly departed during our most joyous of holidays. At...

Aug 8, 2022, 7:35 AM

Tisha B’Av and food memories

It may seem like a strange thing to say, but I miss my father, z”l on Tisha B’Av. I grew up in the '70s, in a small town in Massachusetts. Although we were somewhat Jewishly isolated, my father always...

Mar 20, 2022, 4:12 PM

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

It was a late August Shabbat afternoon sometime in the early 80s when my grandfather walked over to our home. It wasn’t a far walk from my grandparents’ home to our home on Georgia Ave, only a little less...

Dec 2, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Checking motivations at the border

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Rabbi Ari Solomont is the Director of International Admissions for Yeshiva University in New York. Prior to making aliyah eighteen years ago, Ari was a licensed nursing home administrator and the executive director of New England NCSY. (National Conference of Synagogue Youth) Well known as an expert in the field of informal education, Rabbi Ari has been a sought-after consultant for several national and international educational initiatives. Rabbi Ari's warmth, humor, love of people, and compassion have inspired generations of Jewish youth. Rabbi Solomont is an off road cycling enthusiast who can often be found riding through the Hills of the Holy Land and along trails across the globe. He and his wife Sarah Beth live in Ashkelon, have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Their youngest daughter recently completed her service in the Israeli Air Force. [The views and opinions expressed by Rabbi Solomont on this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or institution to which he is affiliated]

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