Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Post Shavuot: The Printing Press

Resolutions The classic New Year resolution to lose weight is practiced assiduously during the first week. The classic Rosh Hashanah […]

A Sobering Moment I remember my first “for the people,” moment. I was officiating at my first Bar Mitzvah as

Self Worth and Self Esteem Have you ever wondered about the difference between self worth and self esteem? They sound

Let My People Go Did you know that everything in your possession was intended by G-d for you to have

This past weekend, two Jewish high-school girls Bracha Katz and Rivkah Moshe from Miami, Florida, joined their classmates on a

He Doesn’t Care Tragedy strikes. You are coming home from work and your house is engulfed in flames. It burns

The other day I went to the blood lab for a blood test. When I presented my paper work (remember

A Typical Exchange With more than twenty years in the rabbinate I have seen my share of painful human interactions