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Rabbi Joey Felsen

Rabbi Joey Felsen

Rabbi Joey Felsen is the founder and executive director of the Palo Alto-based Jewish Study Network. He teaches at JCCs in Palo Alto and Los Gatos, and is the founding board president of Meira Academy in Palo Alto.

"Moses Speaks to Pharaoh" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Playing God’s name game can show us a brighter future 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
"The Meeting of Esau and Jacob" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Are you like Jacob, willing to humble yourself to avoid conflict?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 4, 2020December 3, 2020
Adam and Eve as depicted in the Escorial Beatus, a 10th-century illuminated manuscript.
Posted inTorah

Adam and Eve and the problem of loneliness

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Giving is a pillar that holds up the world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen August 28, 2020August 27, 2020
engraving of several women standing before moses, who is seated on a throne
Posted inTorah

A closer look at the heroism of the daughters of Zelophechad

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 10, 2020July 9, 2020
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
Posted inTorah

Making things count as we re-emerge into the outside world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2020May 21, 2020
What makes Shabbat HaGadol — the Great Shabbat — so great? It's all about the goat. (LIBRESHOT/MARTIN VOREL)
Posted inPassover

What makes the ‘Great Shabbat’ so great? How do we make it meaningful this year?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

Lessons from the Altar — keep moving forward

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 14, 2020February 13, 2020
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inIsrael at 70

Here’s what we need to tell young people about Israel

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 12, 2018April 12, 2018

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