Yitzchok Adler, at The Blogs

Aug 6, 2019, 12:00 AM

My wife and I have just completed an extended summer visit to Israel and I was reminded about what non-judgmental Jewish unity can look like. As a mourner striving to recite Kaddish thrice daily, I was at our daughter's...

Jul 2, 2019, 7:43 AM

The Sound of Silence

I am pained and shamed by the silence. I have been waiting daily to receive via e-mail a statement from the Orthodox Union and/or the Rabbinical Council of America and/or the International Rabbinic Fellowship regarding the humanitarian crisis at...

Jun 5, 2019, 8:48 PM

In Search of Hillel

An observation from several decades of active engagement in the rabbinate is triggering a mid-career disappointment. This observation may be reflective of the smaller sized communities where I have been privileged to serve, and it may also be nothing...

May 16, 2019, 4:36 PM

Talking and walking — with my Father who is my friend

My first trip to Israel was in 1990 and I have been back twenty or twenty-five times, I’ve lost track. Yet my trip of this past November was as inspirational and spiritually transformative as my first. Two weeks after...

May 9, 2019, 4:12 PM

From the Perch of the Pulpit

This past Pesach, I recited Yizkor for the first time as an orphan. My father died several years ago, but my mother passed away two days after Thanksgiving this past fall. I pray daily with a commitment to hallow...

About Me

Yitzchok Adler has been a rabbi since 1977, and he has served his community in Connecticut since 1995. He is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America, a founding rabbi of three day schools, and an activist in pursuit of building bridges where they will improve the quality of communal life.

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