Jeremy Markiz, at The Blogs

Nov 25, 2018, 10:00 PM

Blessings over Fear — Hanukkah 2018

It is in the darkest times that we must seek the light. In the coldest, blackest time of the year, we are given the gift of Hanukkah. Its lessons are more important now than ever. Imagine a time when trust has been...

Nov 5, 2018, 9:04 PM

Pittsburgh: When in doubt, love more

I was woken up at 8 a.m. by my father, on Shabbat, at the hotel we were staying at in Los Angeles. We were going to be heading to synagogue shortly to celebrate our aufruf (wedding honor at Shabbat morning...

Sep 5, 2016, 10:48 PM

What I learned about being a rabbi from Gene Wilder in The Frisco Kid

With the sad news of Gene Wilder’s death, I revisited one of my favorite’s of his works, The Frisco Kid. In this phenomenally funny movie, Gene Wilder plays a Polish rabbi sent to serve a community in San Francisco...

Aug 7, 2016, 10:17 PM

Standing with Black Lives and with Israel Cannot be Mutually Exclusive

A week ago, I woke up in my apartment in Pittsburgh, excited to discover a local protest in solidarity with Black Lives and Black Women aligned with #MLKSitIn that afternoon. I scheduled my day around it, connected on Twitter...

Jan 17, 2016, 11:49 PM

Demanding Nuance

In our time, it has become easier to marginalize opinions and people we disagree with. We read different newspapers, we watch different television, and we barely communicate with each other on subjects of which we disagree. I have spent an...

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz helps clergy, congregations, and Jewish organizations grow and communicate clearly in the digital world, develop effective strategies, and solve problems with his consulting firm, Next Level Rabbinics. Rabbi Markiz is a teacher and consultant. Based in the Washington, DC area, he teaches the Torah of personal growth, meaning and intentionality, and making the world a better place. He writes a newsletter called, With Torah and Love.

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