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Sep 8, 2026, 1:49 AM

When They Come for the Jews, Everyone Should Worry

I wear two hats that sometimes seem very different. I am a psychologist. I am also a rabbi. As a psychologist, I spend a great deal of time thinking about how human beings perceive threats, construct explanations, divide the world into...

Aug 30, 2026, 5:11 PM

When Hating Jews Becomes a Virtue

There is something more frightening than hatred. It is hatred that believes itself to be righteous. I kept thinking about that while watching Gloria Z. Greenfield’s bone-chilling, must-watch documentary, A Collective Descent into Evil: The Lethal Obsession with Jews and the...

Aug 21, 2026, 5:37 AM

Can Jews Ever Be Happy?

Every year my wife and I spend time in France. This year we did the unthinkable: we went to Disney Paris. Alright, so I had a discount coupon. Getting there involved easy train rides from Le Marais that brought...

Jul 3, 2026, 8:45 PM

America at 250: Madison, Moses, and the Moral Architecture of Freedom

As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we rightly honor the courage, vision, and extraordinary political creativity of the nation's founders. We revisit the Declaration of Independence, celebrate the Constitution, and reflect upon the remarkable achievement of creating a government...

Jun 14, 2026, 9:36 PM

Would It Frighten You? What Spielberg’s New Alien Film Gets Backwards

Steven Spielberg's new film, Disclosure Day, opened this past weekend, and every trailer for it circles back to the same question: if proof arrived tomorrow that humanity is not alone in the universe, would it terrify you? It's a good...

May 28, 2026, 11:06 PM

The day the UN put Israel and Hamas in the same moral sentence

There are moments in history when an institution reveals not merely its bias, but its moral collapse. The recent effort at the United Nations to effectively place Israel alongside Hamas in the same category of condemnation is one of those...

May 23, 2026, 9:29 AM

Why Cheese?:A Shavuot Meditation on Milk, Mind, and Mysticism

It happens every year. Synagogue tables groan under the weight of cheesecakes, blintzes, and quiches. Children clutch their cheese danishes. Adults debate which blintz filling is more authentic (ricotta or farmer's cheese). And somewhere, inevitably, someone asks the question...

May 22, 2026, 1:00 AM

The Night We Stay Awake

Shavuot, the Science of Wonder, and the Sacred Art of Rest There is something profoundly counterintuitive about Shavuot. It is the holiday of revelation, the moment of receiving the Torah at Sinai, yet its central ritual in many communities is not...

May 1, 2026, 6:27 PM

Britain’s Quiet Alarm Just Turned Loud

Antisemitism and a Nation on “Severe” Alert There are moments in history when a society reveals itself not through its ideals, but through its reflexes. The United Kingdom—home to centuries of Jewish life, intellectual contribution, and cultural vitality—is now facing one...

Apr 29, 2026, 8:36 PM

When the Joke Falls Flat, and Power Steps In

There is something almost painfully human about a joke that does not land well. Recently, Jimmy Kimmel told a joke about Melania Trump that fell flat. No laughter. No viral applause. Just the quiet, awkward thud of comedic misfire. Welcome to...

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About Me

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, PhD is an ordained rabbi and practicing psychologist specializing in trauma-informed behavioral sleep medicine via telehealth. He's authored dozens of scientific and professional journal articles and eleven books. He is a regular contributor to the Florida Jewish Journal. His latest work includes a book titled: For God's Sake Go to Sleep: Insights About Sleep from Jewish Tradition & Modern Science and a chapbook titled: Circadian: Notes From the Border of Sleep