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Steven Gotlib

Steven Gotlib
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Steven Gotlib is the Associate Rabbi at Mekor Habracha/Center City Synagogue and Director of the Center City Beit Midrash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was previously Interim Rabbi at the Young Israel of Ottawa, Assistant Rabbi at the Village Shul/Aish HaTorah Learning Centre in Toronto, and head of the Beit Midrash Program at Congregation Shearith Israel: The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City. A graduate of Rutgers University, Rabbi Gotlib received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University (RIETS), a certificate in mental health counseling from the Ferkauf School of Psychology in partnership with RIETS, and a START Certificate in spiritual entrepreneurship from the Glean Network in partnership with Columbia Business School. He can be reached for questions, comments, and criticism at rabbisgotlib@mekorhabracha.org.

Is Remix Judaism for Everyone?

Steven Gotlib reviews Roberta Rosenthal Kwall’s book Remix Judaism, which has an important message about navigating Jewish practice in the modern world for non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews alike.

Theologies of Prayer: Dov Singer and Arthur Green in “Conversation”

Steven Gotlib explores similarities between Rabbis Dov Singer and Arthur Green in their models of prayer and how this model can make prayer meaningful even when experiencing doubts in one’s faith.