Reb Carl's Column
Is this our moment?
Reb Carl Viniar comments on the heated rhetoric inflaming our political process. [Read more…]
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Is Political Discussion Bad for the Synagogue?
Reb Carl Viniar discusses the touchy issue of political debate in the synagogue. [Read more…]
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Love is All You Need
Reb Carl Viniar muses on the difficult conversations we’re having about antisemitism and looks for a way to express love and hope. [Read more…]
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Eeyore and Job (and a Little Debbie)
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Reb Carl Viniar’s wife Debbie inform his efforts to get through these difficult times. [Read more…]
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Musings on Israel, October 9, 2023
Reb Carl Viniar, a Jewish Sacred Aging contributing writer and rabbinic pastor from Voorhees, NJ, is currently traveling in the Middle East. He filed this story from his hotel room in Jordan. [Read more…]
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Seeing Things and Making Choices
Reb Carl Viniar writes about the choice God offers in Deuteronomy 30:19. [Read more…]
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Whenever I feel afraid
Reb Carl Viniar writes about some of the fears that besiege us in this modern age — and how to face them powerfully. [Read more…]
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When do I stop watching coming attractions?
I have been absent for a while. I thought when I stopped practicing law and mediation, and completed ordination, I would have lots of time to write, and exercise and play. None of that has [Read more…]
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Do you believe in magic?
Rabbinic Pastor Carl Viniar writes about the experience of his ordination ceremony in a time of COVID. [Read more…]
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From Family Dysfunction to Reconciliation: Torah History and Hope for All of Us
Rabbinic Pastor Reb Carl Viniar looks at family dysfunction in Genesis, with particular focus on the Joseph Story in Parsha Vayigash. [Read more…]