Steven C. Wernick

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Mar 23, 2023, 7:53 PM

Toward the Promised Land?

The essential message of the Passover Seder is “B’khol dor vador hayav adam leer-ote et atzmo ke’ilu hu yatzah miMitzrayim – in every generation, a person is to view themselves as if they, personally, escaped Egypt.” Why does the...

Nov 7, 2018, 6:46 PM

I showed up for Shabbat in Pittsburgh

A casket is carried out of Rodef Shalom Congregation after the funeral services for brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, in Pittsburgh. Oct. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

The crowd that filled the synagogue gives me hope that we are indeed 'stronger than hate'

May 7, 2015, 1:14 PM

When Israel turns its back on pluralism

Spurning the non-Orthodox is a Zionism of fear and prejudice that hastens the expiration date of Herzl’s dream

Nov 22, 2013, 2:51 PM

Pew through the lens of Jerusalem

While denominations may be in decline, Jewish life is undergoing a Golden Age and it's time to focus on a shared path forward

Apr 12, 2012, 2:25 PM

Passover in Court 1102

Last Wednesday, I was called for jury duty. My first reaction probably was like a lot of other people’s -- how do I get out of it? but then I changed my mind

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About Me

Rabbi Steven C. Wernick is the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Tzedec in Toronto. Rabbi Wernick currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Jewish Agency Aliyah Committee and as member of its Government Relations Committee and as Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of Mercaz Olami, the Zionist party of Masorti Judaism. He has been named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America and was on the Forward's List of Influential Jewish Leaders.

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