Josh Feigelson, at The Blogs

Josh Feigelson

President & CEO, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Jun 25, 2026, 11:47 PM

There is a serious debate among knowledgeable people about a very important question: What is the best baseball movie of all time? In my experience the choices often come down to Field of Dreams (starring Kevin Costner and featuring...

Apr 24, 2026, 6:09 PM

Home & Interdependence

If you haven’t yet listened to the recent two-part debate between Rabbis Sharon Brous and David Ingber on the podcast “Being Jewish with Jonah Platt,” I want to suggest that you do. In addition to being a model of civil disagreement, their dialogue...

Oct 9, 2025, 7:04 PM

Who Knows?

When I ask how the day is going, my friend Marvin, who is older and much wiser than me, often likes to say, "Good—so far." By which he means something like: The day isn't over yet, and while thankfully...

Sep 18, 2025, 9:52 PM

Everybody’s Talkin’ at Me

Reading Jane Eisner's wonderful new biography of Carole King, I learned about the Brill Building, which sits at 49th and Broadway in Manhattan and, in the 1960s, was the center of the American pop music world. There was King...

Oct 27, 2024, 4:23 PM

The Joy of Being Jewish: Simchat Torah This Year

Probably the most moving spiritual moment I shared with my father happened two years before he died, at my nephew Ezra's bar mitzvah. Ezra is the oldest of my parents' six grandchildren who grew up in America (there are...

Aug 22, 2024, 10:27 PM

Habits of the Heart

Like many of you reading this, I expect, the most powerful moment of this week's Democratic National Convention for me was the speech of Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the 109 remaining hostages...

Oct 26, 2023, 11:44 PM

The Sound of Silence: Lekh-Lekha 5784

When I was little, I remember I would usually wake up and come out to the kitchen to find my mother sitting there with her coffee, reading a book or the newspaper. She would often have a notebook beside her,...

Oct 18, 2023, 10:57 PM

Wadea’s Funeral: Noah 5784

On Monday morning a headline crossed my newsfeed: A six-year-old boy in suburban Chicago had been brutally stabbed to death by his family's landlord. His mother was severely injured while trying to protect him. The story was tragic. What made...

Oct 12, 2023, 10:44 PM

Band of Brothers

If there's one constant to my life, it's siblinghood. From the moment I was born, I have been the youngest of three brothers. Since my second child was born, I have been the father of siblings (pictured above on...

Aug 24, 2023, 8:13 PM

What Do We Choose to Ignore? Ki Teitzei 5783

About this season 29 years ago, I started my freshman year of college. (And in one of those Sunrise/Sunset moments, my social media feed is now filled with my college friends dropping their kids off at college .) As...

About Me

Rabbi Josh Feigelson, PhD is President & CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. He is the author of "Eternal Questions: Reflections, Conversations, and Jewish Mindfulness Practices for the Weekly Torah Portion" (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022) and the host of the podcast, "Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices for Every Day," a co-production of Unpacked and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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