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Rabbi Zauzmer: The Big Debate Over the Big Game (February 14, 2026)
Rabbi Zauzmer discusses the recent Super Bowl ad about antisemitism and encourages us to spend more time fighting antisemites than we spend fighting one another.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: The Courage to Speak Up (October 27, 2023)
During this time of heightened antisemitism and anti-Zionism, Rabbi Zauzmer shares her frustration toward what's going on at college campuses, especially her alma mater, UPenn. She discusses what the young people at PAS are doing to speak up, and implores everyone to follow their example.
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What ChatGPT Teaches Us About Living with a Whole Heart (RH Day 1, 2023)
Some think artificial intelligence will drastically improve our world, and some think it will destroy us, but it's up to us to figure out how to live in a world with AI. Rabbi Zauzmer explores Jewish perspectives on AI and encourages us to strengthen the muscles which make us human, not machine –...
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Can We Complain? A Group Discussion (June 24, 2023)
When is it appropriate to complain? Exploring the Torah portion, Pirkei Avot, and other commentaries, Rabbi Zazumer leads a spirited discussion regarding the Jewish perspective on complaining.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: What Do Dry Bones Have To Do With Passover? (April 8, 2023)
Every year on the Shabbat during Passover, we read a selection from the Book of Ezekiel about dry bones, and commentators have long struggled to understand the connection to the holiday. Rabbi Zauzmer conducts a deep dive into the text and adds her own hypothesis as to whose bones are referred to...
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Leaps of Faith (February 18, 2023)
Living a Jewish life, or any life of meaning, requires us to be adventurous and take leaps of faith. Rabbi Zauzmer shares stories from her recent honeymoon to Asia and explores the ultimate Jewish leap of faith found in this week's Torah portion.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Show Us Your Imperfections (February 17, 2024)
Since October 7, we have been more willing to share with one another when we are not okay. Rabbi Zauzmer encourages us to show up in community with all our flaws and our hurts, even when they are of a more personal nature.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Damar Hamlin and Joseph (January 7, 2023)
After Damar Hamlin's collapse on the football field, Rabbi Zauzmer encourages us to regain perspective of what is most important in our lives.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Playing Dreidel – Not as Traditional as You Think (Dec 24, 2022)
The month of December brings ample opportunities for Jewish ritual as well as for assimilation. Rabbi Zauzmer explores the message of Hanukkah, the true story behind the dreidel, and the struggle to assimilate just enough to remain relevant.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Looking Back While Moving Forward (November 12, 2022)
Throughout history, we have seen Jews and non-Jews leave their homes in a rush. Rabbi Zauzmer explores the story of Lot's wife and why she looked back when she left the sinful city of Sodom. Is it dangerous to look back on our past or can we gain something beneficial?
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Lessons of Come From Away (October 1, 2022)
On the closing weekend of the hit Broadway musical Come From Away, Rabbi Zauzmer discusses lessons we can learn from the true story about what it means to gather by necessity and to gather by choice.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Choosing to be Chosen (August 27, 2022)
As we enter the month of Elul and approach the High Holidays, we must uncover what each one of us is chosen for, so we can choose to be chosen. Rabbi Zauzmer explores what it means to be the chosen people.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Anger: Lose It or Use It (Yom Kippur 2022)
Anger is part of our shared human experience and the core of what Yom Kippur is about. Rabbi Zauzmer describes three categories of anger and derives lessons from God's anger to help us manage our own.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Honey Moments (Erev Rosh Hashanah: September 25, 2022)
Rabbi Zauzmer explores the meaning of honey on Rosh Hashanah and throughout the year. Through sharing about her own upbringing, she discusses how we can create our own sweet Jewish traditions (metaphorical "honey moments") to instill a love of Judaism in our children, our grandchildren, and ourse...
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Rabbi Zauzmer: Gratitude in the Midst of Darkness (November 25, 2023)
Rabbi Zauzmer shares how challenging it might have been to find gratitude on Thanksgiving during this dark time and offers us two suggestions to consider.
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Rabbi Zauzmer: The Unknown Future (December 30, 2023)
We all wish we could know what lies ahead. Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion about the anxiety that comes from our inability to know the future.