Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Cultural Appropriation or Crafting?

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Mar 20, 2018 | Community, Religion, Spirituality

The success of ‘Black Panther’ is a testament to the Jewish fascination with superheroes and the fight against injustice. As Michael Chabon details in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” the comic book art form (and...

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Purim in the #MeToo Era

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Feb 23, 2018 | Community, Religion, Spirituality

Despite its whimsical nature, the Feast of Lots speaks volumes about gender inequality issues. Observed this year Feb. 28 through March 1, Purim is a joyous holiday filled with costumed children, merrymaking and all-around silliness. Since this is a justice column,...

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Intersectionality: Another Perspective

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Feb 2, 2018 | Community, Religion, Spirituality

Last month, I wrote about an historic intersection near my house and titled the piece “Intersectionality.” This month, I want to tackle the same term and its typical usage. It’s a word at once embraced and maligned, depending on your political perspective and, to some...

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Intersectionality — It’s Not What You Think

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Dec 29, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Religion, Spirituality

Among the — I suspect many — things I do that drives my wife crazy is talk incessantly about an intersection near our house. The intersection of Madison Avenue and Druid Park Lake Drive has been under construction since 2016 — and was finally...

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Stop and Smell the Rosemary

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Nov 24, 2017 | Community, Religion, Spirituality

The practice of saying blessings makes life a little sweeter. Rabbi Meir taught that one should attempt to say 100 blessings a day each day (Talmud Menachot 43b). These blessings range from affirmations of ritual behavior (lighting Shabbat candles or putting on...

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