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Author: Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

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Baltimore Justice Opinion 

The Holiest Giving

February 28, 2025February 20, 2025 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

The highest form of tzedakah is helping someone become self-sufficient, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am Synagogue.

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Jackie Oldham and Daniel Burg
Beth Am’s Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg and Jacquelyn Oldham, co-chair of Tzedek Beth Am. (Photo by Devora Cohen)
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

A Conversation Among Friends and Allies

January 15, 2025January 10, 2025 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg and Jacquelyn Oldham talk about their concerns about the next presidential administration.

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Baltimore Justice Opinion 

The Exodus Imperative

November 15, 2024November 14, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

To be a Jew is to be a member of a nation set apart, with a sense of empathy and pursuit of justice, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

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Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg (far left) and his family enjoy quality time with members of the Abayudaya community in Uganda. (Provided photo)
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

Discovering Nourishment

October 24, 2024October 17, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

For Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am Synagogue, a journey to Uganda was a truly unique and enriching experience.

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“Truth springs up from the earth; justice looks down from heaven” (Psalms 85:12) (Image by freepik.com)
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

The Pursuit of Justice (and Truth)

September 26, 2024September 16, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Seeking justice must go hand in hand with the pursuit of truth, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

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Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash.com
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

The Toxicity of Hiding

July 16, 2024July 9, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

After centuries of hiding and shapeshifting, Jews can’t allow themselves to be forced into the closet, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

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Baltimore Justice Opinion 

Masking and Anonymity

May 29, 2024July 1, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Blending into a crowd protects individuals, but it can also embolden them to say or do things they wouldn’t say or do otherwise, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

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Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg talks to the Beth Am audience before playing his guitar. (Photo by Jim Burger)
Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg talks to the Beth Am audience before playing his guitar. (Photo by Jim Burger)
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

Global Village

March 21, 2024March 18, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Despite technological strides, human beings still need to interact and be in close proximity to each other, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

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Claudine Gay
Claudine Gay testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via JTA)
Baltimore Justice Opinion 

The Trap of Self-Blame

February 7, 2024February 1, 2024 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg explains why he was deeply unsettled by the circumstances leading to Harvard president Claudine Gay’s resignation.

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Beth Am's Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg and Rabbi Rachel Safman of Beth Israel
Beth Am's Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg (left) and Rabbi Rachel Safman of Beth Israel chanted Psalm 121 at a community solidarity gathering for Israel on Oct. 10. (Photo by Robyn Stevens Brody)
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Look for the Partners

December 21, 2023December 15, 2023 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Finding common ground is essential to Jews during troubling times, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am Synagogue.

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An historical marker commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Exodus 1947 was recently relocated next to Baltimore's World Trade Center and beyond its iron gates. (Provided photo)
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Epic Voyage

November 29, 2023November 17, 2023 Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg explains why he worked for the relocation of an Inner Harbor memorial plaque for “the ship that launched a nation.”

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