Jan Uhrbach, at The Blogs

Nov 2, 2016, 9:44 PM

Want Change? Elect Leaders, Not Pharaohs

Obstruction. Planned undermining of the next President. Voter suppression as an election strategy. I’m reminded of the Passover story, the biblical Exodus from Egypt. Not the inspirational part -- an enslaved minority gaining freedom -- but Pharaoh, the biblical model...

Oct 23, 2016, 10:57 PM

An Open Letter to Florida Jews

Dear fellow Jews, I write as a rabbi, an American, and in memory of my parents, z”l, proud Floridians who did not live to vote in this election. Almost everyone longs to make a difference, to leave the world a better...

About Me

Rabbi Jan Uhrbach is Director of the Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and rabbi of the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons. She previously practiced law.