Rabbi Jonah Rank
@jonahrank.bsky.social
President & Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing
Former Member of Environmental Advisory Council of Lower Makefield, PA
Protect God's creatures. Protect our planet.
Former Member of Environmental Advisory Council of Lower Makefield, PA
Protect God's creatures. Protect our planet.
Your takeaways on tonight's election in TN-07?
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Your takeaways on tonight's election in TN-07?
I would like to see as much (hopefully positive) coverage about Democratic Senate candidates in Alaska and Iowa as Platner has gotten.
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I would like to see as much (hopefully positive) coverage about Democratic Senate candidates in Alaska and Iowa as Platner has gotten.
I don't always write Torah commentary that relates to contemporary issues in the United States, but, when I do, this can happen.
hebrewseminary.org/a-king-like-...
hebrewseminary.org/a-king-like-...
A King Like (and Unlike) No Other: Shofetim 5785
This week’s Torah commentary, written by Rabbi Jonah Rank, Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary, has been sponsored by Alan Gotthelf in honor of Moshe Sayer. * * * An antisemitic […]
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August 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I don't always write Torah commentary that relates to contemporary issues in the United States, but, when I do, this can happen.
hebrewseminary.org/a-king-like-...
hebrewseminary.org/a-king-like-...
Is Iowan Democrat Senate hopeful @sageforiowa.bsky.social quoting from Pirkei Avot in saying "If not now, then when?" About 45 seconds in.
youtube.com/watch?v=K-FX...
youtube.com/watch?v=K-FX...
One-on-one with Nathan Sage, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate at the Iowa State Fair
YouTube video by WHO13
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August 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is Iowan Democrat Senate hopeful @sageforiowa.bsky.social quoting from Pirkei Avot in saying "If not now, then when?" About 45 seconds in.
youtube.com/watch?v=K-FX...
youtube.com/watch?v=K-FX...
Have you ever wondered what I thought about the Big Beautiful Bill?
July 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Have you ever wondered what I thought about the Big Beautiful Bill?
Do you have a non-bluetooth mic-&-speaker headphone set that you like?
I have been using Arama headphones for a while. They tend to break every few months, but, when they work, they do the job--and they cost less than other sets I see. Might you have recommendations for a more durable set?
I have been using Arama headphones for a while. They tend to break every few months, but, when they work, they do the job--and they cost less than other sets I see. Might you have recommendations for a more durable set?
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Do you have a non-bluetooth mic-&-speaker headphone set that you like?
I have been using Arama headphones for a while. They tend to break every few months, but, when they work, they do the job--and they cost less than other sets I see. Might you have recommendations for a more durable set?
I have been using Arama headphones for a while. They tend to break every few months, but, when they work, they do the job--and they cost less than other sets I see. Might you have recommendations for a more durable set?
TONIGHT:
Wearing Jewish Symbols In an Antisemitic World
led by Rabbi Jonah Rank, Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary; free and in-person at Temple Israel of Natick or livestreaming, through MetroWest Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot 5785 on Sunday June 1, 2025, circa 9:15 PM-10:00 PM CT
(links below)
Wearing Jewish Symbols In an Antisemitic World
led by Rabbi Jonah Rank, Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary; free and in-person at Temple Israel of Natick or livestreaming, through MetroWest Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot 5785 on Sunday June 1, 2025, circa 9:15 PM-10:00 PM CT
(links below)
June 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
TONIGHT:
Wearing Jewish Symbols In an Antisemitic World
led by Rabbi Jonah Rank, Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary; free and in-person at Temple Israel of Natick or livestreaming, through MetroWest Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot 5785 on Sunday June 1, 2025, circa 9:15 PM-10:00 PM CT
(links below)
Wearing Jewish Symbols In an Antisemitic World
led by Rabbi Jonah Rank, Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary; free and in-person at Temple Israel of Natick or livestreaming, through MetroWest Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot 5785 on Sunday June 1, 2025, circa 9:15 PM-10:00 PM CT
(links below)
Did you fall off the Daf Yomi bandwagon? Just looking for some reading about metaphors of marriage and Jerusalem?
Look no further than www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shev... .
I am grateful to MyJewishLearning.com for this opportunity to teach a little more Torah. Enjoy Shevu'ot 16a-b today!
Look no further than www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shev... .
I am grateful to MyJewishLearning.com for this opportunity to teach a little more Torah. Enjoy Shevu'ot 16a-b today!
Shevuot 16 | My Jewish Learning
As we recently learned in a mishnah, when Jerusalem added territory or the Temple added new area, there was a ...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Did you fall off the Daf Yomi bandwagon? Just looking for some reading about metaphors of marriage and Jerusalem?
Look no further than www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shev... .
I am grateful to MyJewishLearning.com for this opportunity to teach a little more Torah. Enjoy Shevu'ot 16a-b today!
Look no further than www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shev... .
I am grateful to MyJewishLearning.com for this opportunity to teach a little more Torah. Enjoy Shevu'ot 16a-b today!
If you were learning Hebrew (from the start or all over again) from a textbook, what would would be on your wishlist?
May 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you were learning Hebrew (from the start or all over again) from a textbook, what would would be on your wishlist?
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Future historians will not permit us to forget the profanation of the name of God that is taking place in our country today. We have treated His children as if they were of no value, had no feeling.
May 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Future historians will not permit us to forget the profanation of the name of God that is taking place in our country today. We have treated His children as if they were of no value, had no feeling.
The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. (cont.)
May 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. (cont.)
Recommended ebooks for learning to understand German (especially for academic purposes)?
May 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Recommended ebooks for learning to understand German (especially for academic purposes)?
Are you in Chicagoland?
Ever considered becoming a rabbi? (Even if you decided against it...)
I'll be in town next week and looking forward to sharing with you and others about what excites me about Chicago's very own pluralistic Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing.
Ever considered becoming a rabbi? (Even if you decided against it...)
I'll be in town next week and looking forward to sharing with you and others about what excites me about Chicago's very own pluralistic Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing.
April 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Are you in Chicagoland?
Ever considered becoming a rabbi? (Even if you decided against it...)
I'll be in town next week and looking forward to sharing with you and others about what excites me about Chicago's very own pluralistic Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing.
Ever considered becoming a rabbi? (Even if you decided against it...)
I'll be in town next week and looking forward to sharing with you and others about what excites me about Chicago's very own pluralistic Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing.
What does the parashah have to say this week about the price of eggs?
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What does the parashah have to say this week about the price of eggs?
Some Torah thoughts on the place of those of us with disabilities along the garments of the High Priest:
www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/pek...
Thank you to Mat Wilson for organizing the Disability Torah Project and making this happen.
www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/pek...
Thank you to Mat Wilson for organizing the Disability Torah Project and making this happen.
Side By Side Among Bells — Disability Torah Project
By Rabbi Jonah Rank “Side By Side Among Bells”| Parashat Pekudei | 5785
www.disabilitytorah.org
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some Torah thoughts on the place of those of us with disabilities along the garments of the High Priest:
www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/pek...
Thank you to Mat Wilson for organizing the Disability Torah Project and making this happen.
www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/pek...
Thank you to Mat Wilson for organizing the Disability Torah Project and making this happen.
The Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures episode "Unmasked," in my opinion, is a really powerful allegory--hopefully and not too sadly and in a way young voters might understand--explaining why we do good and teach others to do good in a time of deep moral divisions.
March 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures episode "Unmasked," in my opinion, is a really powerful allegory--hopefully and not too sadly and in a way young voters might understand--explaining why we do good and teach others to do good in a time of deep moral divisions.
Best resources nowadays for Dylan lyric analysis?
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Best resources nowadays for Dylan lyric analysis?
February is Jewish Disabilities Awareness & Inclusion Month. Let's study together. Keep reading the thread for more info.
*IMAGE CAPTION: Some students and alum of Hebrew Seminary with me in the HS beit midrash.
*IMAGE CAPTION: Some students and alum of Hebrew Seminary with me in the HS beit midrash.
February 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
February is Jewish Disabilities Awareness & Inclusion Month. Let's study together. Keep reading the thread for more info.
*IMAGE CAPTION: Some students and alum of Hebrew Seminary with me in the HS beit midrash.
*IMAGE CAPTION: Some students and alum of Hebrew Seminary with me in the HS beit midrash.
If you learned German proficiently through an academic textbook or two, what textbook(s) did you use?
February 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If you learned German proficiently through an academic textbook or two, what textbook(s) did you use?
This is a nice distraction from so many other things. Thank you @alyankovic.bsky.social.
Watch very carefully and see if you can spot my cameo appearance in the new Clairo music video (directed by the amazing Ayo Edebiri).
Clairo - Terrapin (Official Video)
YouTube video by Claire Cottrill
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February 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is a nice distraction from so many other things. Thank you @alyankovic.bsky.social.
Will I see you at Lehrhaus on Monday? www.lehr.haus/classes/sign...
Signs and Wonders: Sign Language and Deafness in the Eyes of the Rabbis — Lehrhaus - A Tavern & House of Learning
American Sign Language is still a new language--only a few hundred years old. But signed communication has been a part of human culture for thousands of years. Come explore how, over the course of Jew...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Will I see you at Lehrhaus on Monday? www.lehr.haus/classes/sign...
What can make this a holy and kind-hearted app is if we make this a holy and kind-hearted app.
January 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What can make this a holy and kind-hearted app is if we make this a holy and kind-hearted app.
A new (and possibly old) king has come to town.
My thoughts on the point of the Torah this week:
hebrewseminary.org/new-king-who...
My thoughts on the point of the Torah this week:
hebrewseminary.org/new-king-who...
January 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A new (and possibly old) king has come to town.
My thoughts on the point of the Torah this week:
hebrewseminary.org/new-king-who...
My thoughts on the point of the Torah this week:
hebrewseminary.org/new-king-who...
Hello Greater Boston!
Would you like to study together Judaism's evolving understanding of Deafness and sign languages?
Come join me at Somerville's Lehrhaus on February 10 at 7:30 PM for "Signs and Wonders: Sign Language and Deafness in the Eyes of the Rabbis."
Would you like to study together Judaism's evolving understanding of Deafness and sign languages?
Come join me at Somerville's Lehrhaus on February 10 at 7:30 PM for "Signs and Wonders: Sign Language and Deafness in the Eyes of the Rabbis."
January 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hello Greater Boston!
Would you like to study together Judaism's evolving understanding of Deafness and sign languages?
Come join me at Somerville's Lehrhaus on February 10 at 7:30 PM for "Signs and Wonders: Sign Language and Deafness in the Eyes of the Rabbis."
Would you like to study together Judaism's evolving understanding of Deafness and sign languages?
Come join me at Somerville's Lehrhaus on February 10 at 7:30 PM for "Signs and Wonders: Sign Language and Deafness in the Eyes of the Rabbis."