Rabbi Yoshi chats with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Kaufman
In a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion on race in America, China and its Jewish history, and much more, Rabbi Yoshi speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 5, 2020
"It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.” ".לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר, וְלֹא [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 4, 2020
“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.” Henry David Thoreau, “On Civil Disobedience,” 1849 Thoreau famously refused [...]
Responding to Racial Injustice
“Whoever destroys a single life is considered by Scripture to have destroyed the whole world, and whoever saves a single life is considered [...]
Search for Meaning with Dr. Dan Uslan and Rabbi Yoshi
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback chats with Dr. Dan Uslan, UCLA Health's Co-Chief Infection Prevention Officer, covering many of your frequently asked questions about the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 24, 2020
“To know God is to know what must be done.” Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) For Emmanuel Levinas, one of the most important Jewish philosophers [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 23, 2020
:בְּיָדו אַפְקִיד רוּחִי. בְּעֵת אִישָׁן וְאָעִירָה :וְעִם רוּחִי גְּוִיָּתִי. ה' לִי וְלא אִירָא “Into God’s hand, I safeguard my spirit/when I sleep and [...]
Search for Meaning with Ariela Zweiback and Rabbi Yoshi
As part of an ongoing quarantine-inspired series, Rabbi Yoshi searches for meaning with members of his own family. This week's guest is his [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, April 22, 2020
“To be a Jew is to be an agent of hope in a world serially threatened by despair. Every ritual, every mitzvah, every [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, April 21, 2020
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I [...]