David Wolpe is rabbi of Sinai Temple in Westwood. His most recent book is Why Faith Matters. You can follow his teachings here.
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What Would Martin Buber Think of Zoom?
LARB IS ALWAYS OPEN — open-minded, open access, open for debate, open-ended, open to you. The Los Angeles Review of Books is ...

My L.A. in Four Locations: A Rabbi’s Journey
My L.A. in Four Locations is a running feature. This week, David Wolpe takes us on a rabbi’s journey....

Awaiting the Prophet: On Jonah Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West”
David Wolpe critiques “Suicide of the West,” a jeremiad by Jonah Goldberg....

A Historical Nullity You Need to Read About
György Spiró's "Captivity" is worth the 800 pages....

The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is always being updated....

Puzzling Together: Greg Bellow’s Memoir of His Father
Triptych image: Jeff Lowenthal/Lebrecht, "Saul Bellow" David Wolpe will be interviewing Greg Bellow for “Writer’s Bloc” ...

An Age of Broken Glances: On “Why Love Hurts”
EACH TIME I OFFICIATE at a marriage, I perpetrate a small fraud. I read the ketubah, the marriage contract, in its ...
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