Content by Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz
Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz joined B’nai Israel Congregation in Rockville, MD after he was ordained in May 2017 by the Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. While in rabbinical school, Rabbi Berkowitz served as the rabbinic intern at Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, NY. He completed a unit of chaplaincy training at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY, and he spent a few summers at Ramah Darom in Clayton, GA. He holds a Master of Arts in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Graduate School at JTS, and Bachelors Degrees in History and in International & Global Studies from Brandeis University.
Sources of Wisdom: The Role of Truth in Science and Judaism
How does a search for truth guide both Judaism and science?
To Be a Person: The Role of Ritual in Jewish Spiritual Life
Time and research have proven the benefits of many Jewish rituals.
How Religion is Debugged Spiritual Technology
What has religion done for people that has allowed it to survive for so many upheavals over millennia?
Did COVID Change the Rules?
Did COVID-19’s upheavals change some institutions for the better?
Seeking Awe and Wonder
One way that Judaism teaches us to give voice, despite our speechlessness, is to invoke God’s name with words of blessing to give content and form to our awe and wonder.