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Joe Wolfson

Nov 22, 2023, 12:43 PM

Extraordinary times call for… ordinary measures?

Volunteers from JLIC Tel Aviv deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to soldiers. (Courtesy)

If we hadn’t already developed our collective reflex of kindness, we wouldn’t have been able to spring into action when we did

Oct 2, 2023, 2:04 PM

A Rabbi’s View From Tel Aviv

The conclusion of the Neilah services at Kikar Atarim, Tel Aviv 2023

Note: this letter was written to our community in the aftermath of the events of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv. It is shared here in the hope that it resonates and is relevant for a broader community To our beloved...

Sep 17, 2021, 11:18 AM

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The day Michael K. Williams of the Wire made my NYU students think

Michael K. Williams as Omar Little. (Wikipedia)

What if justice were found not in punishment, but in atonement? What if high schools broke the cycle of violence? What if teshuvah were seen as an ongoing struggle?

Feb 4, 2015, 10:28 AM

A Tu B’Shvat Midrash

A long time before environmentalism became fashionable as a political and social cause Jewish texts had important and challenging things to say about our obligations to the planet. This first struck me a number of years ago when I...

About Me

Joe Wolfson is the director of the Amital Center at Har Etzion and co-director and rabbi of JLIC TLV - a community of young olim in Tel Aviv working in partnership with local synagogues and organisations. From 2015 to 2022 he served as the JLIC Rabbi at NYU in downtown Manhattan. He is passionate about building welcoming Jewish communities in urban environments that are deeply connected to their surroundings. In 2020 he was recognised as one of The Jewish Week’s 36 under 36 for his Covid relief work.