Tsafi Lev

Rabbi Tsafi Lev, is the West Coast CLAL Rabbis Without Borders Student Director. He is also the Rabbinic Director of New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, CA.


Articles by Tsafi Lev

Rescuing Grace

I was speaking with a friend who was trying mightily to do the right thing in a tough situation. She ...

Accidentally 1%

“There will be no poor among you…” – Deut. 15:4Last night I was stranded in a Mercedes E Class in ...

Illness: Beyond the Boundary of Faith

Years ago, a Jewish woman, a 15-year survivor of cancer, came to me with a confession. “Rabbi,” she said, “When ...

I Can See North Korea From My Backyard

 I am writing this blog from my bunker in Los Angeles, so if it doesn’t make perfect sense when you ...

Wicked Son: “Because I knew you…”

We had reached one of those loaded moments in our family Passover seder where all my acumen as a parent, ...

Porn in the City

Porn in the City: Are the kids really alright? What does it mean to grow up in the age of ...

America: Killer Food and Hospitals Making Killings

“This,” Witherly said, “is one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure.” He ...

Pope versus Pal

Pope Benedict says that he’ll be stepping down at the end of February. It’s been 600 years since a sitting ...

Everything is Rent

“Everything is rent.” – Rent, by Jonathan LarsonThis week our Jewish high school put on a production of Rent, a ...

“What if I can’t spell Hope?”

“I propose that you, Mr. President, declare a state of moral emergency.  A Marshal Plan for aid to negroes is ...