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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 14/09/2026

Starting to put the pieces together for this. Anything you'd like to see as a part of this process?

I have a bit of a crazy idea.
I was thinking about a live-streaming series of translating the siddur from start to finish. On the way, we'll talk about what the prayers mean, the poetry, the references the text is making.
Would you be into that?

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 24/02/2026

Working on a new video! You want to pray in the morning, but you're crunched for time, what do you pray? You can follow along with me, and we'll do it together!

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 27/01/2026

Just got one of the kindest responses to one of my videos on Youtube.

Youtube message saying: "you explain it with a down to earth clarity, while still focusing on the spirituality in an easy going way."

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 25/01/2026

I know it is silly, but I'm all about celebrating small wins. Here are the next videos I'm planning on releasing in the near future. 1. How to put up a mezuzah 2. How to light Shabbat candles 3. How to recite Shabbat Kiddush

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz received 85,000 videos on Youtube.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 05/10/2025

I can say definitively that my Judaism has changed. It has changed in a thousand tiny ways. What does it all mean? Only time will tell.

I think it is worth naming that I believe Judaism has/is/will be changing as a result of the last two years of war.

The narrative around this feels like it tends to point to extremist ways of responding to this, like Jews can and should be abandoning Judaism as a result of the war (and politics of it) or that everyone's response should be rabid patriotism. I see a lot of articles trying to explain how Judaism has changed for all of us or that it shouldn't change at all.

But I think it misses the most important nuance: Judaism changes when Jews change, and it should. The last two years have changed the Jewish people profoundly, and as such, Judaism has and will change.

Just me personally, and not limited to this:

Fast days are different now when I think about the suffering of the hostages and the food scarcity experienced by Gazans. I cannot help but hold that in my mind as my stomach begins to ache.

I haven't cried in Jewish joy as much as when the hostages have come home, and haven't felt so Jewishly broken when I think about the innocent families torn apart.

The ideas of Jewish peoplehood and kol yisrael arevim zeh lezeh have never felt more salient and powerful to me than in the last two years. Standing in a minyan feels different now.

Every week, I think about how Pharaoh's heart was hardened and how essential it is not to allow that to happen to me. I think about my relationship to the Divine and what it demands of me anew every week.

I think about the arrogance I expressed as an American Jew, never truly understanding the experience of Israelis. And yet realize that both Israelis and diaspora Jews have more to learn from each other than ever. Jewish peoplehood feels different.

Outside of my academic studies, I haven't spent more time learning and relearning the history of my people. I have learned new things that have inspired new ideas and reflections on my Jewish experience and identity.

The last two years have changed me, my Judaism, my Zionism, my sense of Amiyut (peoplehood), and I'm not going to pretend it hasn't. And I think we shouldn't pretend it hasn't changed Judaism and the Jewish people. We are not the same as we were.

I think the risk is trying to understand how it has changed in the middle of the experience, to make maximalist statements about who we have become. We just don't know yet.

In therapy, I've learned that in the middle of an experience, the most I can do is make the best decisions I can make, feel all the feelings, and then intellectualize my understanding later. We can't jump to the end and say that "nothing should change!" or that we know how our Judaisms have changed.

I can say definitively that my Judaism has changed. It has changed in a thousand tiny ways. What does it all mean? Only time will tell.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 29/09/2025

Studying Torah in a coffeeshop is healing.

Coffee cup and a Jewish sefer on a coffee table

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 28/09/2025

Shavuah tov! It was a decent sizzle. IYKYK

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 26/09/2025

Shabbat shalom and shana tovah!

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz wearing a tshirt with the words 5786 on it.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 19/09/2025

Which of these two thumbnails do you like better for my new Rosh Hashanah video? It is about how to do Kiddush on Erev Rosh Hashanah. I'm testing both of them.

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz holding a kiddush cup and the words Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 18/09/2025

Here's why I keep using the word fascist:

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 15/08/2025

Ahad Ha’am said, “More than Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.” Regardless if this is true, this is the energy I’m bringing into my Shabbat this week. Shabbat shalom!

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 28/07/2025

I’m currently learning about the 1936-39 revolts and fighting in Palestine. I’ve already learned a ton!

Audio book cover: Palestine 1936: the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict by Oren Kessler

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 22/06/2025

I know we’re focused on Iran right now, but let’s not forget this racist and snide comment from the Vice President. Racism, war, and fascism are the hallmarks of the Republicans and MAGA.

Vance defends using military to quell protests, refers to Sen. Alex Padilla
as "José"

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 16/06/2025

A favorite takeaway from my recent YouTube Live. When we fall down, the key is to stand back up!

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 04/06/2025

Ok Sugya by Sugya's first three episodes are officially live! Sugya by Sugya: Thoughtful Talmud for those who want to go deeper. The first season is all about teshuvah. Go check it out! Subscribe! Lemme know what you think in the comments! Go watch >> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

a picture of rabbi jeremy markiz and the words Sugya by Sugya

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 26/05/2025

This might be one of the greatest days in my science fiction loving life. I promise, this is no moon, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social!

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 23/05/2025

Here's another to be blocked. Pro-violence is clearly block worthy. greatfausto.bsky. social

greatfausto.bsky.social saying pro-violence things

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 22/05/2025

We cannot control other’s actions, but we can control our own. Now’s the time to double down on who you are, to find strength and resiliency from your tradition and your people. Find the entryway that works for you, don’t let the haters dictate your actions.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 16/05/2025

This violates the first amendment. Government cannot establish a religious preference.

Sean Duffy with a Jesus painting and saying “We are moving Jesus out of the basement at the Merchant Marine Academy!
To all the midshipmen: this painting is going back where it belongs.”

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 13/05/2025

I'm not exactly sure what it means, but I now have 50k views on YouTube! #YayVanityMetric! I’m creating a place for Torah on YouTube that’s deep, honest, and doesn’t ask you to be someone else to show up. Subscribe today: youtube.com/@rabbijeremymarkiz

An arrow points upwards. 52,105 views. (This is a YouTube statistic.)

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 12/05/2025

It takes a while to update, maybe 10m from my experience. I see your post! Thanks for checking it tho! This is my first crack at this.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 11/05/2025

Experience is real Torah. Being out in the world is an essential part of learning Torah and living a meaningful life. If you’re always in a book, you’ll miss out on valuable Torah from what’s around you.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 02/05/2025

This isn’t a contradiction for me.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 01/05/2025

I try not to pretend that the Torah was written by one person. So what do I believe? Can there be a spiritual answer to this? See my full video on the subject in the replies.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 30/04/2025

Finding the balance between what we know and don’t know. #omer #tiferet

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 24/04/2025

Memory isn’t passive in Judaism. It’s active, alive, arriving. Tonight begins #YomHaShoah, and we’re asked to remember again.

Just a few weeks ago, we didn’t just remember the Exodus. We were asked to see ourselves as though we left Egypt. Lirot et atzmo, to imagine it as part of us.
Memory isn’t passive in Judaism. It’s active, alive, arriving.

Tonight begins Yom HaShoah, and we’re asked to remember again.
But not in the soft, distant sense. 
We light candles. We say names. We hold silence. We do what we can to make memory real.

This kind of remembering is costly.
Because it doesn’t just tell us what happened. It reflects part of who we are.
A bit of history carried forward, tucked away in our hearts. 
This kind of memory is not just a spiritual idea. 
It’s a form of resistance. A refusal to let history become forgotten.
To let people remain statistics.
To reject a future that seeks to repeat it.

We remember.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 23/04/2025

How do we think about limitations and boundaries during this second week of the omer? #omer #countingtheomer

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 16/04/2025

This is the first week of the #Omer. We’re talking about chesed: loving-kindness. How can we extend the loving-kindness we offer others back to ourselves?

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 16/04/2025

If you got a scratch off, let’s see yours! Happy Omer counting! #countingtheomer Exploringjudaism.org

Scratch off Omer counter with the first three days scratched off

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 09/04/2025

Sharing this text about peace, justice, and truth that was inspiring me this morning.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 07/04/2025

I wrote this during the first Trump admin. I can't seem to get it out of mine right now. Prayer for the Detained Immigrants An image of the whole thing is here, and the full text is in the thread below. 1/

July 12th, 2019

Divine One, who breathes life into each and every one of us. May we be able to see Your spark, in our neighbors. Who asks us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Who makes no distinction regarding where we are from, the color of our skin, the faith we believe, and who binds us together in shared humanity. Who teaches us to treat the immigrant like our own people, for we too have been strangers in a land.

We ask that, we are able to fully conceive the idea that every one of us is made in the divine image. An image that inspires us to see that each and every human being is worthy of respect, of dignity, and of human rights. An image that reminds us that though we may not have lived the same lives, we share the same story, the story of humanity.

May we and those in power, understand the difference between right and wrong, between justice and injustice, and between mercy and cruelty.

Oh, one who is merciful and wise, grant that mercy and wisdom to those leaders who need it. Grant them the insights they need to exercise real justice, that they administer all affairs of state fairly, that they see those detained as human beings and not as numbers nor statistics.

May those who are currently detained not lose hope, for we are here with you. We pray that you know that you are not forgotten. That we are holding you in our hearts, that we tell your stories, that your lives matter to us.

And we ask for strength, the strength of resolve not to give in,
the strength of awareness to know that small actions add up,
the strength of patience to see the long term,
the strength of compassion to see and love others as ourselves, and
the strength of knowing that the arc of the universe, bends towards justice.

*Originally given at the Lights for Liberty Vigil in Pittsburgh, PA in 2019.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 07/04/2025

Thank you Apple! Getting more sleep would have been nice. Thanks for reminding me right after I wake up!

Apple notification: “Sleep Goal Update
Hitting your sleep goal is a great way to start the day, Jeremy.”

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 02/04/2025

Have you checked out the Passover preparation checklist from EJ? It can be a super useful resource. You can find it here: www.exploringjudaism.org/holidays/p…

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 02/04/2025

Introducing myself anew via @skylight.social! I think I’ll be trying to make more videos and support this new platform. Maybe some Passover and Omer content?

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 27/03/2025

Which thumbnail do you like most?

youtube thumbnail with the words, "How to Kasher Your Kitchen" with icons along the right side. black background. the word kasher has a red background.

YouTube thumbnail with the words, "How to Kasher Your Kitchen" background of a boiling pot of water.

youtube thumbnail with the words, "How to Kasher Your Kitchen" with icons along the right side. boiling pot of water in the background

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 17/03/2025

I am extremely excited to be teaching a session this Thursday on Hope with Laasok. It is called: Hope is a Journey: Seeking, Striving, Sustaining I hope you'll join me! Sign up here: laasok.org/tikvah/ Thank you @mstreiffer.bsky.social!

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 03/03/2025

This behavior gets you blocked.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 26/02/2025

Their memories will be blessings.

A yartzeit candle on an orange square paper.

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Rabbi Jeremy Markiz @jeremymarkiz.com · 23/02/2025

I've posted four types of YouTube videos in the last month, approaching Judaism in different ways. 1. A rant/unpolished exploration of an idea 2. A compilation of kashering guides 3. A video essay 4. A text study Creating each has taught me a lot. Are there any types you particularly like?

A screen shot of the the last four Youtube videos by Rabbi Jeremy Markiz

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