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We were once Leicester City

By Rabbi Danny Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Add Comment Edit

People have been united in following the unlikeliest of Cinderella stories this football season. Fans watched in disbe...

- 2 Minutes of Torah - America

Two Minutes of Torah: Vayechi - Once a Hebrew, Always a Hebrew

By Rabbi Danny Thursday, December 24, 2015 Add Comment Edit

I've now lived in America for the best part of eight years of the last ten. And yet despite all of this time living on this side of t...

- Synagogue Bulletin - ARZA

TCS Bulletin - 7 Takeaways from the World Zionist Congress

By Rabbi Danny Tuesday, December 01, 2015 Add Comment Edit

How do you sum up the World Zionist Congress? As you read this it will be over a month since Rabbi Z and I returned from the World Zion...

- 2 Minutes of Torah - Abraham

Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeira - Taxi for Abraham

By Rabbi Danny Friday, October 30, 2015 2 Comments Edit

Last week I had the privilege of being in Israel serving as an Arzenu delegat to the thirty-seventh World Zionist Congress. There were man...

- Synagogue Bulletin - Am Yisrael Chai

TCS Bulletin - We're Going to Israel

By Rabbi Danny Thursday, October 01, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Later this month Rabbi Z and I will be flying to Israel to represent you and the American Jewish community as part of the ARZA delegation a...

- Synagogue Bulletin - Future

TCS Bulletin - How do you sum up a 10 day trip to Israel?

By Rabbi Danny Thursday, April 02, 2015 Add Comment Edit

It is almost impossible to do justice to the trip in words, because so much of it is about the feelings that this place can inspire in peop...

- Sermons - comfortable

Welcoming you to my home: Welcoming you to Israel

By Rabbi Danny Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Add Comment Edit

(This is the text of the sermon that I delivered on March 6th 2015 at The Community Synagogue in Port Washington) I want to start this...

- Across the Pond - - Articles -

Anti-Israel sentiment is the latest incarnation of anti-Semitism

By Rabbi Danny Monday, August 11, 2014 Add Comment Edit

(This article was first published in the Jewish News on August 7, 2014) One of the byproducts of the Gaza conflict has been the circ...

- Articles - Israel

Some more articles about Operation Protective Edge and the current situation in Israel

By Rabbi Danny Thursday, July 31, 2014 Add Comment Edit

As we continue to watch events in Israel escalating, I feel that it is time to post a few more articles that I have found interesting. With...

- 2 Minutes of Torah - - Two Minutes of Torah -

Two Minutes of Torah: Matot - Our Responsibility

By Rabbi Danny Thursday, July 17, 2014 Add Comment Edit

As we continue to watch events unfolding in Israel, living here in America, one might wonder, what is our responsibility? What are we supp...

- Articles - Covenant

The Warnings of Pinchas, Our first Jewish extremist

By Rabbi Danny Monday, July 14, 2014 Add Comment Edit

(This article was first published by Reformjudaism.org on July 9th, 2014) How can we read the story of Pinchas without thinking about...

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About Me

Rabbi Danny is a Rabbi at The Community Synagogue in Port Washington, he has a weekly Podcast “2 Minutes of Torah”, and he has been blogging regularly since 2010. He was a member of the inaugural cohort of the UJA Federation of New York’s Rabbinic Fellowship for Visionary Leaders and he is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow. Alongside this he is a husband to Micol, a father to Gabby, a Liverpool supporter, Fantasy Football fan, Englishman in New York, and a dedicated Doctor Who Nerd.