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Rabbi Aubrey Glazer

Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer is senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. His latest book is “Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen’s Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & Beyond.”

From "Jacob's Ladder" by William Blake, 1805
Posted inColumns

Be present, persevere — and climb the long ladder

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer November 23, 2017November 21, 2017

Vayetzei Genesis 28:10–32:3 Hosea 12:13–14:10 (Ashkenazi) Hosea 11:17-12:12 (Sephardic) Being present in the moment — nothing could be more real or challenging. Amid all the passions swirling inside my heart, […]

Walter Benjamin's membership card for the Bibliothèque nationale de France (1940). "It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us," he wrote. (Wikimedia CC0)
Posted inColumns

Can we find hope in these times? Perhaps. Together.

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer September 28, 2017
Posted inTorah

We are all orphans, diaspora jackals, seeking consolation

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer August 3, 2017August 4, 2017
dylan with harmonica
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

‘Forever Young’: A heartfelt hymn of fatherly trust

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer June 1, 2017June 2, 2017
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Posted inColumns, Passover, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah

Bob Dylan, the messiah and personal redemption

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer April 7, 2017April 6, 2017
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Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

A song can lift a fallen angel into wholeness

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer February 10, 2017February 14, 2017
Posted inUncategorized

In Poland’s ghost towns, something from nothing

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer January 29, 2016March 15, 2017

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