Matt Gewirtz
Matthew D. Gewirtz is the Senior Rabbi at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey. He is the author of The Gift of Grief: Finding Peace, Transformation and Renewed Life after Great Sorrow” (Random House). A strong advocate of social justice, Rabbi Gewirtz is a founding executive committee member of the Newark Coalition for Hope and Peace, an interfaith organization of Jews, Christians and Muslims that is committed to ending gang violence in Newark. Rabbi Gewirtz strives to find joy and meaning in his daily life and is committed to helping do the same for others. His greatest joy comes from his wife, Lauren and their three beautiful children.
Articles by Matt Gewirtz
All I Want is the Truth: Rip Off the Masks and Gimme Some Truth
John Lennon once wrote in lyrical desperation, “All I want is the truth, man. Just gimme some truth.” Without any ...
A “Religious” Path to Thaw the Soul
So much of our country is under the pervasive, chilled wrap called winter. It seems harder to reach within, to ...
“Booyah”….This Too, Is Holy
This too is holy. The baseball stadium, that is. I know it is not only potentially cliché, but also possibly ...
Does the Valley of the Shadow Have a Statute of Limitations?
Birth and death are expected aspects of a congregational community’s life. The past few days, however, have weighed heavily on ...
I Am No Soldier: Do We Have An Obligation To Serve?
To me, “father” and “soldier” are almost antithetical words. My 89-year-old parent was an English professor. He taught Shakespeare. His ...
When Lightning Strikes
My ten-year-old son, Jake, has become excessively frightened by lightning. He used to be mildly scared by the noise of ...
When My Father Hit Me, I Never Did It Again
One of the reasons I love the fall is because of the NFL. Although I need to garner all of ...
If We Remove Our Masks, We Have a Chance to Save the World
These past weeks have brought a recipe of complication and hardship which have sent us reeling in disbelief. From Ebola, ...