David Wolpe
The New York Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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So You’ve Been Canceled: A Yom Kippur Atonement Guide
A rabbi’s advice for those who have done wrong and those who can’t forgive. → Read More
Studying the Bible With Kirk Douglas
He was known to the world as Spartacus. I knew him as Issur Danielovich. → Read More
Jay Leno Lauded For His Generosity
“Blessed are you, Lord our God, who has given wisdom to his flesh and blood.” We recited this Jewish blessing, which is made upon observing a wise gentile, at a recent United Hatzalah gala in Los Angeles. The inspiration was Jay Leno. United Hatzalah is the Israeli volunteer first response system that enables victims to be treated in the few minutes that can separate life from death — generally… → Read More
The Misguided Rabbis of Twitter –
My synagogue is on the west side of Los Angeles. On a rough guess, about half of my congregants support Donald Trump. Many of those who do, but certainly not all, are from the Persian community. We have had frank discussions. They know I deplore many of the things he says and I oppose much of what … → Read More
The Japanese Man Who Saved 6,000 Jews With His Handwriting
What the astonishing Chiune Sugihara teaches us about moral heroism. → Read More
A Holy Man Of Laughter: My Encounter With The Dalai Lama
Faith, science and humility in Dharamsala. → Read More
A Columnist Takes A Pause
For over 25 years, I have written the weekly “Musings” column for this paper. Now, after some 1,300 weekly...... → Read More
Two Authors Examine Biblical History for Clues About Faith
In “The Great Shift,” James L. Kugel explores changing notions of God; in “The Exodus,” Richard Elliott Friedman argues that early Jews really did flee Egypt. → Read More
A Life Of Choices
Why does the Torah so often tell the tales of siblings? From Cain and Abel and other Genesis stories...... → Read More
Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Italian writer Claudio Magris begins his magnificent work “Danube” with a chapter called “A Question of Gutters.” Amidst his...... → Read More
Identity And Memory
Identity is largely memory. When asked who we are, we respond with the past — I am someone who...... → Read More
Our Inner Isaac
My father once explained the character of the biblical Isaac by citing Abraham Mendelssohn. He was a successful banker whose...... → Read More
The Disease of Conceit
Two hundred years from now, on a fine spring afternoon, scientists look up at the heavens and tell God...... → Read More
‘Baruch HaShem,’ Indeed
When you ask a religious Jew how he or she is doing, the answer is likely to be “Baruch...... → Read More
After Tisha b’Av…
This past week, all across the world, Jews mourned the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. And they blamed...... → Read More
Hands To Work, Hearts To God
A favorite saying of the Rabbis of Yavneh, told in the Talmud, was: “I am God’s creature and my...... → Read More
The Gift Of Goodness
We are a society geared toward the gifted. We have programs to enhance people’s natural endowments, special training and...... → Read More
From Persia, With Love Of Zion
Jerusalem — The setting was an exquisite one for a concert, the artist unexpected: This past week I listened...... → Read More
Rabbi David Wolpe’s Tips for a Successful Marriage –
“Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife.” That is the seemingly simple prescription for marriage in Genesis. Yet as the Torah proceeds, there is polygamy (Jacob has two wives; David and Solomon, many more), provision for divorce (see Deuteronomy 24), concubinage (... → Read More
The Constant Is Change
Recently an experiment involving almost 20,000 people showed that we consistently acknowledge that we have changed in the past...... → Read More