Rabbi Jonathan  Ginsburg's Website. 

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There are also no words to properly convey the depth of my appreciation to Rabbi Jonathan and, yet mere words will have to suffice. Thank you for this gift, for which I can never truly repay you.  I will instead repay it learning, living and loving Jewishly everyday.

Rob Feb 2008

 

Thank you!  I have been reading and listening to the UTube courses non stop since I spoke with you on the phone.  This is a wonderful set of classes and so informative.  This is wonderful.  Thank you again. Colleen

 

 Senior Rabbi of  Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Skokie il.-International Gold Medal Winner in Adult Education from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 

                            

 

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Testimonials

 

Email-small world story

What a small world we live in.  I was one of three on the Beit Din of a wonderful young lady this afternoon.  Her name is Val.
The Rabbi at the Reform Temple here tries to have someone that has converted to Judaism on the panel.  This time I was fortunately asked. Through the course of questions, Val and I discovered that weboth know your through your videos!  The others on the panel were at a loss to our excitement.  We both had big smiles on our faces and it really broke the ice.
ValWe had a chance to talk after the Beit Din, before her Mikvah, about all the things we learned from you.  We both lived rather far awayfrom a Synagogue and your were our lifeline to Judaism. I hope you understand the scope of the good work that you do.  I personally can't thank you enough for what you have done for me.Today's experience taught me that I am not alone in feeling this way. Scott
 

 

Shalom Rabbi,
Thanks again for everything. I'll have to admit that it was one of the happiest days of my life. I feel like I am starting over as a new man,  a Jewish man who needs to be more responsible to be a light to others, if that makes any sense. Anyway, I made it home safe!
Thank you with all my heart!
Shalom Aleikhem, Hillel 

 

Video impact and there is hope...

Dear Rabbi:
       " I wanted to write to thank you for taking the time to develop and place online the series of videos covering the Jewish tradition, prayer and custom. I want to let you know that your videos I believe are very useful and I find it truly inspiring that -- when you made the videos --you had no idea that they would touch me or any other person, per se, yet you took the time to develop the series and had the foresight to see that people, myself included, would benefit from the series. Thank you. 
       By way of background, I grew up outside of Boston in a Jewish household. I never, ever like Hebrew school and did just about everything I could to avoid or skip it. I was Bar Mitzvahed, then almost immediately -- to put it mildly -- religion fell out of favor with me. (It probably fell out of favor long before).       Today is my 25th birthday. About six months ago when I was living in Boston, I called my cousin and said "Would you and your wife like to do Shabbat this weekend?" He says back "What do you mean by that?" ... I say, "I mean, I provide the Chullah, you provide the wine." ... About five minutes later he calls me back and says "Pam wants to know if you want to do the candles?" ... I say "It wouldn't be shabbat without them." ... Five minutes later he calls me back and says "Pam wants to know if you are serious."       Every week after that, our Shabbat dinner stated to include more and more of the "grandchildren" (my cousins) and what was amazing is that there was no adult standing there telling us we had to do it. Now that I moved to Texas, I am getting involved in the local Temple, and it's really nice to have your refreshers to study and get up to speed.       Thanks again and please keep posting new videos. With kind regards,

 


Shalom Rabbi Ginsberg,
 
Just wanted to write a quick email to say how much I admire your work through your websites. I came across a video on youtube, which led me to reading more about your work, a fantastic idea. Although I don't come from a remote community in Scotland, our numbers are dwindling, ., I wish you lots of success and if I can be of help or support in promoting my word of mouth or any other way, I would be genuinely happy to do so.
sCOTLAND

 

Dear Rabbi,
Thank you for the videos you have posted online. You are helping to make Judaism accessible.
I am learning as an adult, and teaching my three-year-old son along the way.
Thank you and best wishes,
Martin
Toronto, Canada

 

Good evening Rabbi,

My name is . While I am not Jewish, I was, at one time, a Jewish studies major during my undergraduate years. I stumbled across your video series a few days ago after reading an article on the Time magazine website that featured your video series as a new way of using YouTube as a conduit for religious discussion. I find them informative and interesting, so thanks for that.

 

Islam and Judaism
Thank you for the peaceful message on your video.

Ibrahim, UK


 

Thanks for the videos
 I thought I message you to thank you for taking the trouble to record all your very informative videos. For a non-jew (living in Ireland) they have been very educational (the jokes are particularly good - I'm still smiling at the passover one).

All the best Conor
Shalom
I am not jewish but i find great joy in your videos because i am interested in different cultures. I have thought about conveting to judaism, but is so hard when youve brought up to believe in one thing ( more like brain washed). Please respond.

Whitney
general
I love what you do ,you are a great rabbi and a great person
 
Hi Rabbi,
Your stuff from You tube is great keep it coming!
B'shalom
Curriculum  Coordinator

 
Hello!
I teach 7th grade social studies. As part of the Indiana curriculum, we are to teach about the three religions that are centered in the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Our textbook is so politically correct, (Yes, it was printed right after 9/11 and goes way overboard on trying to portray Islam as most peaceful.), that it really doesn't say much about Judaism or Christianity - there is no substance. I have never used it to teach these lessons. Instead, I've worked really hard to find authentic sources that really explain how people from each of these religions live. I was thrilled to have discovered your videos on Youtube! Thank you so much for posting them! To be honest, living in this part of Indiana, I never get to meet people of the Jewish faith. I would love to be able to chat over a cup of coffee with someone someday to learn more.
Thanks again so very much! P.S. My husband and I own the movie Ushpizin. It's one of our favorites, and we cry every time we see it. I show parts of it, too, in my class.


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