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May 17, 2024, 11:33 PM

Pay Attention to the Dew

It's incredible how much the world can change in a few weeks, let alone a few months. As if October 7th wasn't enough for us to feel surrounded by enemies within our homeland, now, within weeks, as the college...

Apr 19, 2024, 5:32 PM

Looking at an Extraordinary Night with Multiple Dimensional Lens

With so much noise and distractions, it's easy not to reflect or even quickly forget the extraordinary event of the major Iranian attack on Israel. The attack involved more than 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones, and more than 30...

Apr 5, 2024, 3:55 PM

Good for the goose and not good for the gander

Amid the fog of a brutal war, there was a military attack on aid workers working to bring assistance to civilians. The military mistook these civilians for terrorists, and their lives came to an abrupt end. The attack took...

Dec 22, 2023, 7:59 PM

A Wide Open Space

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled on a solidarity mission to Israel. My goal was to bring supplies and strength from America. What struck me most was that while the supplies were in desperate need, the strength was...

Dec 15, 2023, 3:55 PM

The ‘Law’ of the World’s Oldest Hatred

Just when we think we have seen everything, we get thrown a new curveball. I don't think it was news to anyone that college campuses, especially Ivy League campuses, have become increasingly more hostile to Jewish students. And yet,...

Nov 12, 2023, 11:02 PM

A Song of Ascent (and Not Lament)

I recently saw a fellow Jew lament, "In the past few weeks, we have realized how little the world cares about us and how much we care about each other." This is a layered quote for many reasons. There...

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About Me

Rabbi Yaakov Fisch is the Senior Rabbi at Etz Chaim of Jacksonville, Florida. In his tenure of over 20 years, he has focused on building bridges to the wider community through his projects such as founding an outreach kollel, forming the first kashus organization in the area and hosting a podcast where he sends out Torah messages geared to all.