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Marc Katz

Rab­bi Marc Katz is the Rab­bi at Tem­ple Ner Tamid in Bloom­field, NJ. He is author of the books Yochanan’s Gam­ble: Judaism’s Prag­mat­ic Approach to Life (JPS) cho­sen as a final­ist for the PROSE award and The Heart of Lone­li­ness: How Jew­ish Wis­dom Can Help You Cope and Find Com­fort (Turn­er Pub­lish­ing) which was cho­sen as a final­ist for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award. 

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Essay

The Fes­ti­val of Lights, Revised: Hanukkah’s Prag­mat­ic History

Marc Katz
December 23, 2024
Interview

‘Resis­tance in Hol­land’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sel­ma van de Perre

Marc Katz
May 10, 2021
Interview

‘Paths to For­give­ness’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Suzanne Nossel

Marc Katz
November 9, 2020
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Yochanan’s Gam­ble: Judais­m’s Prag­mat­ic Approach to Life
Marc Katz
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The Heart of Lone­li­ness: How Jew­ish Wis­dom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort
Marc Katz

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