Darren Kleinberg


Jewish Innovation Needs Collaboration

By Jerry Hirsch and Darren Kleinberg

Jewish Innovation Needs Collaboration
Jewish startups should partner with established organizations. Synagogues, federations, and community centers need new ways of engaging while startups need stability.Read More

My Fellow Rabbis, Raise Up Your Voices

By Darren Kleinberg

In 2003, I received my Green Card and became a permanent resident of the United States. Last week, a little more than three years after America became my home, a number of fellow Phoenix rabbis and I sat down in very comfortable chairs at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and debated former president Jimmy Carter about his controversial book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”Read More





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