Sam Millunchick

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Jun 14, 2017, 12:51 PM

The recent controversy surrounding a lecture delivered by Rabbi Joseph Dweck has wreaked havoc on the London Jewish community. For nearly three weeks now, articles have been published in the local papers, rival petitions have been created and signed...

Nov 25, 2015, 3:07 AM

In the same way that we are a fighting a physical war for our survival, on battlefields riddled with bullets and bodies, we are fighting a war for our survival as humans. There will be casualties, as in any...

Oct 1, 2015, 11:21 PM

An excerpt from a textbook in the future

An excerpt from a textbook in the future: "And so it was that the greatest country on Earth met its end. It was not through famine, war, or poverty, though those certainly posed threats; rather, it was through a quiet...

Jul 14, 2015, 2:45 PM

A Matter of Focus

We find ourselves at a most difficult part of the year. “Yamei Bein Hameitzarim”, the days between the straits, are a period of national mourning, a time of introspection and reflection on all that we’ve lost. Every year, this...

Mar 16, 2015, 2:24 AM

Flowers … ad infinitum

Gilded mirrors, and Monets to line her walls, like so many prizes won in games long forgotten. Perhaps that’s what she is, now. A trophy. But still she hopes. For it isn’t gold, or silver, or bronze which will mend this broken heart. More than anything, She wants to be...

Mar 1, 2015, 10:01 AM

The Job of a Rabbi

Tonight, I was moved. Let me explain. Leat and I had the pleasure of attending a panel discussion at a local shul on the topic of "Building an Engaging Rabbinate". Being a semikha student, this is just the type of thing...

Dec 5, 2014, 1:14 AM

Ma’aseh Avot, Siman L’banim

Traditionally, when one thinks of religion, or religious people, one thinks of removal from the world. The classic idea of a sadik - a righteous individual - is one who is unswayed by the temptations of material life, focused...

Nov 28, 2014, 4:56 AM

A little love never hurt anyone

As we stroll down the sidewalks of life, we are confronted with a world which is nearly incomprehensible in its complexity. Life burgeons in every corner, in near enough infinite permutations, and we are but a barely perceptible portion...

Nov 7, 2014, 1:05 AM

Your only son, the one that you love

At the end of this week’s Torah reading, we are confronted with what we are told is Avraham’s final test, the binding of Isaac. In what must be counted as one of the bible’s most harrowing commandments, God tells...

Nov 1, 2014, 11:08 PM

For God … or for you?

I want to ask you a question. Who do you live your life for? If you’re religious, the answer which will most probably pop into your head is “God. I live my life for God, according to the commandments that God...

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About Me

Hailing originally from Chicago and later from Israel where he served as a combat medic with the IDF, Samuel Millunchick was educated at the University of Illinois, at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah and at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago. He now lives in London with his wife and children. Sam is involved in Jewish education across the London community, and is training to be an Orthodox Rabbi. Drawing on his experiences with Jews in all walks of life, Sam is passionate about ‘making Judaism accessible and appealing to every Jew’.