Daniel Wolfe

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May 21, 2021, 10:46 AM

I See No Changes

“And still I see no changes, can’t a brother get a little peace? There’s war in the streets and war in the Middle East.” In 1998, 2pac summed it up best with that ingenious line. As we sit here now, almost 25...

Jul 30, 2020, 2:14 PM

A Different Kind of Social Media Boycott

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In case it was unclear to anyone on the planet that in 2020 anti-Semitism is still a thing, we have the last month to reflect upon. A month in which world famous musicians, actors and athletes went on hurtful...

Jul 28, 2020, 6:50 AM

#JewishPrivilege

A couple weeks ago while at a social distanced barbecue , a friend of mine texted me that #JewishPrivilege was trending on Twitter. Immediately I assumed it was started by anti-Semites who wanted to accuse us of having excessive...

Nov 5, 2018, 7:31 AM

Three Tragedies. One Message.

Neria Cohen. Segev Pniel Avihail. Avraham David Moses. Yonatan Yitzchak Eldar. Roi Roth. Yohai Lipshitz. Yonadav Chaim Hirshfeld. Doron Mahareta. Rabbi Moshe Twersky. Rabbi Calman Levine. Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky. Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg. Chaim Rotman. Irving Younger. Melvin Wax. Rose Mallinger. Bernice Simon. Sylvan Simon. Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz. Joyce Fienberg. Dr. Richard Gottfried. Daniel Stein. Cecil Rosenthal. David Rosenthal. Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav. Beis Keneses...

Feb 27, 2017, 6:54 AM

Europe’s Not-So-Friendly Skies

My family was recently blessed with the unbelievable opportunity to visit Israel for a family wedding. Bringing our four small children to Israel, and instilling within them the love of Israel that burns deep within our hearts, was remarkably...

Jan 19, 2016, 7:51 PM

The Difference between Us and Them

There really are no adequate words to describe the pain and bewilderment about what is going on in Israel. For me, the whole story creates many emotions; emotions of agony, pain, frustration, and shock. The thought that Dafna Meir...

Dec 9, 2015, 1:00 AM

Lighting up the World One Candle at a Time

When I reflect on my childhood Chanukah memories, I immediately recall how my parents, myself and my two siblings gazed at the beautiful, flickering candles, in complete serenity. There we stood, arm in arm, singing Maoz Tzur with the delicious, almost tangible...

Nov 23, 2015, 8:42 PM

Why I Will be Rooting for the Patriots Every Game they Play

Growing up in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado, I am, as we say out West, a "Bronco-maniac" to the core. One of my fondest childhood memories is a memory from 1998 that darn near brings tears to my eyes...

Nov 20, 2015, 3:56 AM

Mourning from afar

I desperately miss living in Israel. Rarely a day passes where I don't think about what a special place it is, and how wonderful things were when we lived there. I miss the old ladies yelling at me for...

Nov 15, 2015, 11:25 PM

There’s no buts in Terrorism

I am no fan of French foreign policy. Never have been. When I think of France, I do not get the warm fuzzies. I think of the raging anti-Semitism happening there causing Jews who have lived there for hundreds...

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About Me

Rabbi Daniel Wolfe recently became the Director for JewPro, the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Experience of Denver, Colorado. For the last three years prior, he was a campus rabbi at SUNY Albany for Aish New York. He holds a BA From Brandeis University, double majoring in Politics and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. He enjoys writing, and maintains an active blog.