Joel Mosbacher

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Nov 7, 2023, 3:34 AM

An Open Letter to My Interfaith Colleagues and Friends

A letter to my interfaith colleagues and friends: I want to start by thanking those of you who have reached out in the last month, who have expressed concern for my community and for the Jewish people and for the...

Oct 29, 2023, 5:45 PM

A Heart of Many Rooms

Two weeks ago, I spoke to my congregation about Hillel’s most famous maxim, and why it can be a frame for us in this moment as individuals. In the first century CE, Rabbi Hillel said, if I am not for...

Aug 17, 2017, 4:50 PM

There is no other hand

The teachers of Jewish tradition like to see arguments from all sides. Talmudic discussions often contrast conflicting points of view to weigh the relative merits of each. You’ll see the rabbis argue: “on the one hand… and on the...

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About Me

Rabbi Joel Mosbacher is the senior rabbi of Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York, New York.