Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz has been spiritual leader of Temple Bnai Israel in Willimantic, CT since 2000.  He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (1997).  His wide range of teaching interests includes particular emphases on mussar (ethical self-improvement), for which he’s received training from The Mussar Institute; Jewish liturgy; modern Hebrew poetry; and the theology of tikkun olam (world-repair).

Essays

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A Tool of Awareness

Torah, or more broadly, Jewish civilization, is a tool of awareness. It keeps us awake to the world around us and demands that we respond with holy consciousness.

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