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About Rabbi Laurence Kotok
Rabbi Laurence A. Kotok, DD, is Temple B'rith Kodesh's Rabbinic Scholar and Senior Advisor for Lifelong Jewish Learning. In 2014, Rabbi Kotok retired from his post as Senior Rabbi. He served the community for 18 years. Prior to arriving in Rochester in the summer of 1996, Rabbi Kotok served the North Country Reform Temple Ner Tamid of Glen Cove for 22 years. He expresses a love for the People and Land of Israel and has served as National Chair of the ARZA Rabbinic Cabinet. Additional involvement includes the Board of the Jewish Child Care Association, both the New York and National UJA/Federation. His long-standing involvement with interfaith understanding has been recognized by numerous local and national associations. His founding of the Rochester Kollel, a groundbreaking community-wide adult study program, continues to inform, enlighten and enrich Jews and non-Jews in the Rochester area. Rabbi Kotok currently serves on the faculty at the Florida wide Catholic Seminary.
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Talmud Torah

Keeping Our Brothers and Sisters

October 31, 2018 Rabbi Laurence Kotok 0

As we try to process all that has happened in the past week, we are left in a state of shock and sadness at the level of hatred that has been let loose in our [Read more…]

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Talmud Torah

Jews in leadership – Jews in The White House

February 19, 2017 Rabbi Laurence Kotok 1

Editor’s Note: Rabbi Larry Kotok (Jewishidentitynow@gmail.com) is recently retired as senior rabbi of Temple Brith Kodesh in Rochester, NY. He lives in South Florida and is active in teaching, consulting and lecturing. This is based [Read more…]

D'vrei Torah

Sprituality and Aging – Commentary from Rabbi Lawrence Kotok

February 28, 2013 Rabbi Laurence Kotok 0

In beginning – I was asked this past year to participate in planning a conference on seniors and spirituality and then to offer the keynote address. Today I would like to share with you some [Read more…]

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  • May 10: Kol Ami, Cherry Hill, NJ
  • May 12: Webinar on Aging Issues
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  • May 2: Julie Ketover, life coach on life transitions as we age
  • May 9: Rabbi Yiscah Smith on her new book, Planting Seeds of the Divine
  • May 16: Connie Zweig on the revisions of her books, Romancing The Shadow and Meeting The Shadow, and the role of the "shadow" in aging work
  • May 23: Matt Field and Audrey Friedland from "Right At Home" on home health care issues, costs, access
  • May 30: Rabbi Roy Furman on his new book Torah Wrestling: Embracing the Marginalized in Jewish Sacred Scripture and Discovering Moral Wisdom for Today.

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