Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg
@theurbanrabbi.bsky.social
TheUrbanRabbi.com
My Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Sermon open.substack.com/pub/theurban...
Yes, and…
How to (and How Not to) Talk About Israel After Two Years of War
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September 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Sermon open.substack.com/pub/theurban...
Happy Juneteenth! open.substack.com/pub/theurban...
It’s Okay to Have Nice Things
Lazily reinforcing old stereotypes about Baltimore only serves to undermine essential progress.
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June 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy Juneteenth! open.substack.com/pub/theurban...
Truly.
Lafayette Gilchrist and the New Volcanos playing Beth Am synagogue today. All theology aside, I belong to the most badass shul in Baltimore.
May 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Truly.
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Here's my new essay in Sources. My argument is that we must both uplift the work of social justice and challenge assumptions about why and how we do it — and especially the language we use to talk about it!
Here's my new essay in Sources. My argument is that we must both uplift the work of social justice and challenge assumptions about why and how we do it — and especially the language we use to talk about it!
The End of Tikkun Olam
Here's a better (and, believe it or not, more Jewish) way to think about justice
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April 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
open.substack.com/pub/theurban... www.sourcesjournal.org/articles/the...
Here's my new essay in Sources. My argument is that we must both uplift the work of social justice and challenge assumptions about why and how we do it — and especially the language we use to talk about it!
Here's my new essay in Sources. My argument is that we must both uplift the work of social justice and challenge assumptions about why and how we do it — and especially the language we use to talk about it!
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/lett... @senbillferg.bsky.social should allow the legislature to do its job. The Senate President is a facilitator of the democratic process, not its gatekeeper. After a decade, it’s time for the process to play out on the floor.
Letter: Bill Ferguson should allow vote on bill prohibiting automatically charging youths as adults
Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state ...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/lett... @senbillferg.bsky.social should allow the legislature to do its job. The Senate President is a facilitator of the democratic process, not its gatekeeper. After a decade, it’s time for the process to play out on the floor.
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
To Give So That Others May Receive Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher and legal scholar, famously proposed a “ladder of tzedakah,” a model through which we might aspire to higher… theurbanrabbi.org/2025/02/09/t...
To Give So That Others May Receive
Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher and legal scholar, famously proposed a “ladder of tzedakah,” a model through which we might aspire to higher and better methods for supporting the poor. Yea…
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February 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
To Give So That Others May Receive Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher and legal scholar, famously proposed a “ladder of tzedakah,” a model through which we might aspire to higher… theurbanrabbi.org/2025/02/09/t...
Honored to offer the invocation at today’s first Baltimore City Council Meeting of the New Year. Gratitude to new Council President @zekecohen.bsky.social for the invitation. These were my words at City Hall this evening:
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Honored to offer the invocation at today’s first Baltimore City Council Meeting of the New Year. Gratitude to new Council President @zekecohen.bsky.social for the invitation. These were my words at City Hall this evening:
The press conference out of New Orleans is everything that is wrong with America right now.
January 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The press conference out of New Orleans is everything that is wrong with America right now.
New to Bluesky and looking for things to like, I typed “Jewish” in the search bar. And the first item that came up was Jewish Voice for Peace. And I thought: is this what we have become?
November 26, 2024 at 1:16 AM
New to Bluesky and looking for things to like, I typed “Jewish” in the search bar. And the first item that came up was Jewish Voice for Peace. And I thought: is this what we have become?
Reposted by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg
💙 if you love Bluesky 🦋🦋🦋
white clouds in a blue sky with a few gray clouds
ALT: white clouds in a blue sky with a few gray clouds
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November 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM
💙 if you love Bluesky 🦋🦋🦋
Honored to co-author this month’s #BaltimoreJustice at theurbanrabbi.org with my friend Jackie Oldham. baltimoreblackwoman.com/2024/11/15/a...
After the Election: A Conversation Between Jacquelyn Oldham, Tzedek Beth Am Co-Chair, and Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg December Jmore/Urban Rabbi
Rav Daniel: Hey Jackie, It’s been quite a week, and I’ve been thinking of you. How are you holding up? How are you and the people in your life processing the election results? Jackie: Hey Rav Danie…
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November 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Honored to co-author this month’s #BaltimoreJustice at theurbanrabbi.org with my friend Jackie Oldham. baltimoreblackwoman.com/2024/11/15/a...