The Rabbi and I

Your company your rules. If you accept outside funding it is no longer your company. The distinction is important!

Joe and the Rabbi discuss the 10 events of the year 2025 that require our attention. In the year 2025 humankind survived

Merry Christmas and a joyous Chanukah 365 days a year! There is no need to limit good will and peace on earth to just one day. Let’s take the holiday message seriously and include it every day. ​EX 22:20 “You shall not wrong a stranger, nor oppress them for you were strangers in the land of Egypt”.

Laws need to be in place concerning firearms of all types. The sale, use, and ownership of guns should be regulated for public safety. Gun laws will not stop angry, hateful people from massacring and killing. Stopping using anger and hate to get elected to public office will. We are harvesting the seeds of hate that we planted!

Drug use and abuse have reached a new high. Availability is not the cause it just fuels our inability to deal with our lives. Perhaps if drug escape is less available we will be forced to develop strategies for dealing with what is. Using drugs has never had a good outcome.

President Trump’s peace plan requires an International Stabilizing Force (ISF) without a referee Israel and Hamas will keep fighting each other. The Arab League needs to step up and supply personnel. Stop blaming Israel & Hamas, ask where is the all important ISF!

We have only ourselves to blame when the Terminator comes calling. It’s not too late for us to control AI and it will be soon! Watch the movie “I, Robot”

Let’s put aside the history of how the Judeo-Christian developed and changed and realize that it is time for a change. “There is a time for everything under the heavens” and now is the time to recognize that there are as many ways to unite with God as there are blades of grass on the fairway. We are all God’s children and no one religion has a monopoly. We all don’t need to have the same religion...

Hate speech is free speech! What do you think we should do about it? Listen to the hate spewed forth from talk show hosts and then notice who doesn’t object. The Orcs are massing and Saruman is rising!

In his first term as president Trump said that he had “A Big Beautiful Health Plan”. Now it is time to bring it out and show the Democrats that there is something better than the “Affordable Care Act”. Reopen the government now. The Democrats are holding the country hostage.

Heaven is not owned by any one religion, it is God’s personal property. There are as many ways to get into heaven as there are blades of grass on the fairway! There are organized religions, individual paths, and group spirituality that can help us find our path to what happens next. Your journey to Heaven is waiting

Yogi Berra said it best: “when you come to a fork in the road take it!” Peace in Gaza and the Middle East is upon us. It can really happen. Gaza peace and Israeli security

The return of the hostages accomplished. Next comes nation building. Let’s not lose sight of the peace agreement; safety and security for everyone in the region. Hostages Home! Peace and safety. Next,

Anti-Semitic lies & rumors go and prosper on Social media. TikTok provides fertile ground for people to make irresponsible and inaccurate statements about Jews. Anti-Muslim content enjoins free rein. T Gaza peace plan is. ..

A new influencer tells what misconceptions are in the media about Jews. We discover that ignorance and antisemitism are mixed. He has the initiative to a Rabbi to help sort out truth from lies. Antisemitism is rampant

Of course we disagree when it comes to religion and politics. We disagree about movies, videos, and food. To disagree is human but hate is a choice and so is murdering someone because they disagree with you. The survival of our democracy depends on freedom of speech. Using hate as a political tool and weapon will do what our enemies have been unable to do, destroy our democracy. I want to be free...

Whose first? Whose second? Who cares? Israel is a country that has a right to exist and defend itself. People were displaced when Israel was founded and now need a permanent home. Let’s solve the problem The Philistines were first that is why it is called Palestine

Action and prayer belong together like Peanut & Jelly, fish & chips, mac & cheese, Taylor & Kelce , Tom & Jerry, and Kermit & Miss Piggy. Action and prayer aren’t mutually exclusive. Most of us wear a pair of socks not a sock, a pair of shoes not a shoe, actions and prayers are a team doing one does not preclude the other. Prayer and action belong together like Taylor &...

We are being tortured into thinking that we can balance our personal lives with our work. It can be done depending on your job. However the myth requires us to do what can’t be done. Isn’t that why it is a myth! Your job will determine the work/life balance

United, Judaism will survive and prosper, divided we will do to ourselves what anti semites couldn’t! We don’t need to agree to everything, each of us can have our own solutions to problems. Unless we stop demonizing others and share our views Judaism can not and will not survive. Reform Jews were not kidnapped and brainwashed.

Imagine by John Lennon “You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one” “Imagine" is not a Beatles song. It is a song written and performed by John Winston Lennon released in 1971 on his album of the same name.  I am proud to be accused of being a dreamer 

Before we can fix Gaza with need to agree on Gaza. People are dying while we debate who is doing what to whom. Stop looking in the small rear view mirror and start looking ahead through the much larger windscreen. Genicide or not Genicide that is not the Question!

The phrase "if you will it, it is no dream" is a famous quote by Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement. It encapsulates his belief that with strong will and determination, even seemingly impossible goals, like establishing a Palestine can be achieved. Without terror, rape, murder, or kidnapping we can have 2 states the respect each others right to exist A challen...

Since Rabbi Block is on vacation his AI takes his place. If this works out Rabbi Block will be permanently on vacation. AI is coming for you next!

“Religious Freedom”  Sacred scriptures in each tradition contain principles that can be interpreted to support religious tolerance, freedom of conscience, and respect for diverse paths to truth. Freedom of belief and worship Freedom to convert or not convert Respect for other traditions Non-coercion in matters of faith I. Judaism Judaism is not a proselytizing religion. It emphasizes mutual r...