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rabbiaustinzoot
Aug 4, 20233 min read
"What If It Was Your Family?" The Death Penalty Through New Eyes
“But what if it had been your family?” This is the question people always seem to ask when discussing the death penalty. What if YOU were...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Luckiest Girl Alive Review: A No-Longer Novel Idea
The trailer for the new Netflix movie Luckiest Girl Alive caught my attention. Mila Kunis is a favorite of mine, and a suspenseful drama...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Vayechi - Maybe No Happy Ending After All...
Jacob is the last of our major patriarchs in Judaism, and his death closes the book of Genesis. Throughout his story, we see a...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Dec 4, 20223 min read
Vayeitzei - What Are We Supposed to Learn?
Different people approach the Bible with different needs. Some read the book in order to learn the history of our people (reading the...
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rabbiaustinzoot
May 29, 20221 min read
As American As Baseball
The following is a sermon delivered at the Valley Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27th, 2022.
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rabbiaustinzoot
Apr 12, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Apr 10, 20227 min read
Treating the Person, Not the Disease
This blog post is the byproduct of a conversation with Rabbi Michael Weiss. Special thanks to him for his wisdom, insight, and...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 28, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 18, 20228 min read
Ki Tisa - The Worst Days Can Bring the Best Understanding
When I was a kid, my family used to read the children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Needless to...
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 15, 20220 min read
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rabbiaustinzoot
Feb 11, 20225 min read
Tetzaveh - An Old Symbol in a New Context
One of the biggest dangers of reading our Torah is our inability to put ourselves into the context of the section with which we are...
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