Parashat Vayera 5771 This week, Andrea Jacobs, a reporter from the Intermountain Jewish News, interviewed me for a story she’s writing. She’s talking to rabbis from different movements to get our take on whether Jews should celebrate Halloween. I gave her my official rabbinic line: Halloween clearly has roots in paganism. It is a holiday [...]
Understanding other religious communities can help us appreciate our own narratives and get along better with people who believe differently than us. Shabbat Noah 5771 This week we read one of the most famous stories in the Torah. Even non-religious people are familiar with the Biblical narrative of Noah and the ark. Even young children [...]
Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald has served as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation HEA in Denver, CO since his ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2008. He also serves as a volunteer chaplain with the Denver Police Department. He and his spouse, Melanie Gruenwald, have three children.
