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Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone has had Kabbalistic conversations in the Rockies, sung with the Jews of Italy, danced with those of Lithuania, and said l'chaim in Ukraine. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, were he is pursuing his post rabbinic studies. |
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In a Ward on a Hill
By Mordechai Lightstone
On an overcast morning one Fourth of July, sullen clouds hinting to the imminent fall of rain, I came to a Forensic Psychiatric Ward in Northern Connecticut.
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » In a Ward on a Hill
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I Notice the Russians
By Mordechai Lightstone
Americans are loud. We're brash and busy, and we like our Judaism that way as well. Russians also have their bravado . . . but when it comes to religion, there is a certain simplicity, a certain wholeness of the heart and soul, which we Americans lack. ...
Blogs » Roving Rabbis » Roving Rabbis » I Notice the Russians
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On Other's Predispositions and Travel
By Mordechai Lightstone
When people enter the S. Petersburg Synagogue, if they're not being herded by the cruise tour-guide, they often approach me on their own. This approach is no ordinary 'Hello, how are you?' or 'Could you please help me?' No. This look is most similar to ...
Blogs » Roving Rabbis » Roving Rabbis » On Other's Predispositions and Travel
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Two Tales of Tefillin
In Which I Meet Old friends and Make New Ones
By Mordechai Lightstone
The other day, a group of Farsi-speaking Jews came to the synagogue. Living in Los Angeles, I am rather familiar with Persian Jews and their various customs. In fact, I used to spend time visiting Persian merchants in LA's fashion district on a weekly ...
Blogs » Roving Rabbis » Roving Rabbis » Two Tales of Tefillin
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Let's Do Coffee Sometime
By Mordechai Lightstone
I'm actually rather disappointed in you. As I've been keeping up with you, I've come to expect certain standards from you...
Society & Living » Voices » G-d and Us » Let's Do Coffee Sometime
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In the City of the Czars
By Mordechai Lightstone
I'm back in Russia, for the first time. An odd statement, I'm sure, but I can think of none better to describe what it's like to be here. Most people, and you know who you are, seem to think I've been to Russia before. When I was growing up in Los ...
Blogs » Roving Rabbis » Roving Rabbis » In the City of the Czars
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At My Friend's Wedding
By Mordechai Lightstone
The other night one of my dearest friends was married. He had looked past his personal inhibitions, I had remained imprisoned by mine.
Society & Living » Voices » Personal Journeys » At My Friend's Wedding
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Jerusalem of my Soul
A Song of Ascents
By Mordechai Lightstone
We had come to a slight clearing in the buildings. We could all see it ahead of us, cast in lights, calling to us...
Ideas & Beliefs » Israel » First Person » Jerusalem of my Soul
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The Soviet General
By Mordechai Lightstone
Misha is still sullen, taciturn and lost in thought. A life spent as an officer in the Soviet army has left him numb to ritual. Yet something drew him to this place...
Jewish Holidays » Passover » Stories » Contemporary Voices » The Soviet General
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Bonding in De Gaulle
By Mordechai Lightstone
Three Jews bumping into each other in an international European airport; there had to be some inner meaning behind it all. "Do you want to put on tefillin?" I asked. "No," he answered. He had a story, though...
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Bonding in De Gaulle
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