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David M. Glickman

Nov 18, 2021, 11:58 AM

The moral lapse of bashing synagogue crowd limits in a pandemic

A woman at prayer, September 2020 (Ricki Rosen/Times of Israel)

In a diatribe that scolds rabbis for exercising caution, Liel Leibovitz has misused his international platform to grandstand instead of to save lives

Feb 5, 2021, 1:29 AM

When a tzadik came to Dallas

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski and Don O’Quinn, head of school, Yavneh Academy, Dallas, 2007. (Deb Silverthorn)

I first discovered the writing of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, who passed away this week at age 90, as a beginning rabbinical student. His spiritual and Hasidic writings gave emotional lift to my classes on Jewish law. My late...

Sep 25, 2020, 12:02 PM

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When delaying burial honors the deceased: RBG and Jewish law

Former president Bill Clinton, second from right, and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton pay respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose, under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the US Supreme Court building on September 23, 2020, in Washington. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on September 18. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Torah prohibits leaving a body unburied 'unless it is being left unburied for the honor of the deceased.' What greater honor could there be for RBG?!

About Me

David M. Glickman is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Overland Park, KS, a suburb of Kansas City. He is a sought-after speaker and teacher on the intersection of timeless Jewish values and the exciting challenges of contemporary life.