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Rabbi Dr. Oren Z. Steinitz is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Elmira, NY. He was ordained in 2014 at the Mesifta Adas Wolkowisk Rabbinical Academy, and is a member of OHALAH Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal. The same year he completed his doctorate at the University of Calgary‘s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (Religious Studies, Communications and Israel Studies), researching the attitude towards the “Other” in Jewish and Islamic legal websites. Rabbi Oren holds BA and MA degrees from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel). His fields of expertise include the history of Jewish-Muslim relations; modern Jewish fundamentalism; Jewish and Islamic Law; and the religious online world.
Before assuming his current position, Rabbi Oren served for five years as the University of Calgary’s Jewish Chaplain, taught at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and worked for the Masorti Movement in Israel.
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- סדר לפסח: אליהו הנביא | A reflection on despair and suicide awareness to be read upon opening the door for Elijah at the Passover seder
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ Tags: North America, suicide prevention, community support, still small voice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Eliyahu HaNavi, Psychopomp, haggadah supplements, suicide, suicide awareness, Needing Vocalization
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- על הכל יתגדל ויתקדש | A Kaddish During the Removal of the Torah from the Ark in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l (translation by R’ Oren Steinitz)
Categories: Mourning, Kaddish, Torah Reading Tags: 20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, English Translation, Jewish Renewal, Solo, No Minyan, 58th century A.M., Mourner's Kaddish, ecoḥasid, Removal of the Torah from the Ark, הוצאת ספר תורה, Needing Attribution
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