David Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and is the author, most recently, of
Why Faith Matters.
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Family
How to Have a Successful Marriage
A rabbi’s advice for couples who want to stay together
By
David Wolpe
· July 7, 2017
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Considering Conversion
Pledges of Allegiance
, by David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis
By
David Wolpe
· June 6, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Jewish Law is Personal
‘On the Relationship of Mitzvot Between Man and His Neighbor and Man and His Maker,’ by Daniel Sperber
By
David Wolpe
· May 2, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Radical Revisions
‘Subversive Sequels in the Bible,’ by Judy Klitsner
By
David Wolpe
· April 11, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: A Titan of Babylonia
‘Sa’adyah Gaon,’ by Robert Brody
By
David Wolpe
· March 28, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Questions of Boundaries
‘Collected Essays, Volume 1,’ by Haym Soloveitchik
By
David Wolpe
· March 14, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Charismatic Leaders, False Messiahs
‘The Mixed Multitude’ by Pawel Maciejko
By
David Wolpe
· February 28, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Who Wrote the Talmud?
Jeffrey Rubenstein translates ‘The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud’
By
David Wolpe
· January 17, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: A Hybrid History
‘How Jewish is Jewish History?’ by Moshe Rosman
By
David Wolpe
· January 6, 2014
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Kafka at the Spa
‘The Lost Worlds of Jewish Spa Culture,’ by Mirjam Zadoff
By
David Wolpe
· December 23, 2013
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: A Heschel Master Class
‘Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Call to Transcendence,’ by Shai Held
By
David Wolpe
· December 9, 2013
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Revisiting Prohibition
The role of Jewish bootleggers and the struggle for cultural acceptance
By
David Wolpe
· November 15, 2013
The Scroll
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Unraveling a Mishnah Mystery
Introducing Rabbi David Wolpe’s new series on Jewish scholarship
By
David Wolpe
· November 1, 2013
Book Reviews
Malcolm Gladwell Has a Theory for Everything—Except Inscrutability
The pop-sci writer’s new ‘David and Goliath’ peddles counterintuitive stories but lacks a soul
By
David Wolpe
· September 24, 2013
Observance
Worshippers, a Love Story: Understanding the Jewish People’s Relationship to God
As we contemplate our connection to the Divine on the High Holidays, we should recall the reciprocal love at the heart of Judaism
By
David Wolpe
· September 11, 2013
Observance
Tu B’Shevat and the ‘Nature’ of Jews
On Tu B’Shevat, Jews celebrate the natural world. Do we praise it for its own sake, or only as a reflection of God?
By
David Wolpe
· January 25, 2013
Middle East
Jew vs. Jew at the Western Wall
At the Western Wall, the latest incarnation of an ancient Jewish battle between tradition and modernity
By
David Wolpe
· January 2, 2013
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