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Moshe Simkovich

Nov 5, 2023, 8:35 AM

Skokie, late 1970s. Sometime around the Nazi march in Skokie. My father and uncle are talking. Their frame of reference? Both came to the United States after spending World War II in concentration camps and enforced labor. Graduates of Auschwitz, Mauthausen,...

Mar 29, 2020, 8:19 AM

A modest proposal for the next Israeli elections

It seems close to absurd to be writing from the United States about how to fix a problem governing a country. But I am an Israeli citizen as well, and have been wavering between chagrin and dismay watching the...

Jan 28, 2020, 4:11 PM

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The time a Birthright guide interrupted my conversation

Illustrative. A tour group listens to a guide at the Armon HaNatziv Promenade in Jerusalem against the backdrop of the Old City, April 14, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

It seemed counterproductive to me -- didn't she want to convey a positive impression of Israel and Israelis?

Dec 21, 2018, 10:41 AM

Surviving survival — Reuven’s blessing

Every few months there is a surge of social distress and accompanying commentary, addressing the problems of Jewish population growth. Worries abound about assimilation, low birth rate, intermarriage, lack of identification with religious values, and so forth. Great ideas...

Nov 22, 2018, 1:15 PM

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Should Tova Mirvis’ memoir of leaving Orthodoxy be taught in yeshiva high schools?

'The Book of Separation,' by Tova Mirvis. (Courtesy)

Should her memoir about leaving Modern Orthodoxy be required study material for day school students?

About Me

Rabbi Moshe (Marvin) Simkovich is a professional development coordinator and consultant for the Associated Talmud Torahs, ICJA, and teaches at the Melton Institute in the Chicago area. He was the founding Head of School and Dean of Judaic Studies at Stern Hebrew High School in Philadelphia (now Kohelet YHS), and taught for many years at Maimonides School in Boston. He also served as the rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Tefilla in Newton, MA, and was the Orthodox advisor at Brandeis University. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he received his semicha under the direction of Rabbi Moshe Meiselman, and, among others, studied under Rabbi Yisrael Gustman zt"l.