Rabbi Marc Katz leads Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, N.J., and is the author of the 2016 book The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope. His next book, Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life, will be published in December 2024.
Rabbi Marc Katz
By Rabbi Marc Katz
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