HeyJaredIn This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook
A Mensch's guide to life - with a focus on how religion (especially but not exclusively Judaism) can help guide us through these challenging times.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 16
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 3, 2026
Latest issues
Could Truth be the October Surprise? Can Bibi’s and Trump’s reckoning finally be at hand? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="461.85135135135135" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_5up!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0099ae74-50d0-44df-bd5e-35cd0771d151
Would I welcome Putin into my Sukkah? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset
A Yom Kippur Prayer from Webster Point (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Before I get to my main message, click below to see the viral video (over four million views) that shows Israelis what is truly at stake in the upcoming Israeli elections, an issue that is so important but one they have hardly discussed. The segment aired on CNN back in July but with Israeli elections just over a month away, suddently Israelis are seeing the unprecedented, steep decline in American support as the existential challenge that it is, one that requires a change in leadership. The mem
Jewish Dem Download Live with Rabbi Hammerman (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Thank you to all those who tuned into my live video with Halie Soifer, CEO of of America! We discussed a number of important issues as the midterm American and Israeli elections fast approach and in the midst of this High Holidays season. G’mar Hatima Tova - may we be sealed for life and goodness. And please forgive me for any times when I may have offended you. Apologies as well for the inconsistencies in the Substack Live connection. Rabbi Joshua Hammerman<p class=
Sept. 11, 2026 and Rosh Hashanah 5787: A time for reawakening (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Here is audio of the sermon that I gave on Rosh Hashanah 2001, just one week after 9/11 (there are some gaps, but you can fill them in by reading the transcript). These were very different times, but history often rhymes, and it is doing so now. In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and sup
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.