Rabbi Burg's Blog

On Shavuos night, Jews across the world stay awake learning Torah, some throughout the entire night until sunrise. Here at…

I recently saw an online commentator reminiscing about the old days when children played in the streets, and neighbors knew…

I spoke this week with my dear friend Rabbi Warren Goldstein, who founded the Shabbat Project and has inspired so…

This week, I had the privilege of attending the JEIC conference in Atlanta. It is one of the most inspiring…

For eleven years, I have made it a priority to be in Israel for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut. Those…

This week, as I send greetings from Jerusalem, I found myself thinking deeply about Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.…

Over Pesach, I had the privilege of speaking with so many people, and I kept hearing the same thing. The…

The message of Pesach is not theoretical. It is the story of a people who stood up to tyranny, who…

Missiles over Israel. Rising antisemitism across the world. A constant awareness that there are those who seek our destruction. The…

Three weeks into this current escalation, Jewish hearts are pulled in many directions. Fear, strength, exhaustion, pride, unity, and longing…