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Friday, July 11, 2014

Finding Shelter at Hartman

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Yesterday I walked to the the Shalom Hartman to meet with one of my teachers, Dr. Tal Becker, to talk with him about coming to our congregat...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

The Longest One Minute of My Life

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Just a few minutes ago my friend, Rabbi Eric Gurvis, and I were walking to our apartment after an evening program at Hartman when we heard t...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Newtown, One Year Later

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One year ago tomorrow I walked into the Oriole Lane Elementary School to speak with first graders about Hanukkah (one of the students is th...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Hartman Institute: "My Field of Dreams"

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The Shalom Hartman Institute's Beit Midrash Ever since my RLI graduation ceremony I've been thinking a lot about the future - s...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Can Israel's Chief Rabbinate Be Saved?

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Last week my RLI cohort met with Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, one of the founders of the rabbinic organization Tzohar, at the Hartman Institute. Ra...
Monday, February 4, 2013

Entering the Home Stretch

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In just two, short days I will have competed my last winter session as a member of the Shalom Hartman Institute's RLI (Religious Leader...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Kiriat-Arba Which is Hevron

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Kiriat-Arba Which is Hevron By Rabbi Jacob Herber I bought this land with water, salty, briny and clinging...
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Rabbi Jacob Herber
Rabbi Jacob Herber is the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and a published author. He is a cum laude graduate of the University of California, Davis and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was awarded the Joseph Zubow Memorial Prize in Codes. Rabbi Herber is currently serving his second term as President of the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis and serves on the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, the National Rabbinic Cabinet of State of Israel Bonds, Masorti Olami, and the Nominations Committee of The Rabbinical Assembly. In July 2008 he traveled to Uganda with Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson and other leading Conservative Rabbis to supervise the conversion of over 200 members of the Abayudaya community. His work in promoting interfaith dialogue has taken him from the United States to Mexico, Germany and Poland. In his spare time Rabbi Herber races competitively for the ISCorp Cycling Team and plays the Blues on his Fender Strat electric guitar.
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