Rabbi Mark Diamond

An Easy Fast and an Easy Carmageddon

Published on September 25, 2012

A Day of Hope and Healing—Shabad Remembrance of the Wisconsin Shooting

Published on August 12, 2012

Do you do Tisha b’Av?

Published on July 23, 2012

Some of My Best Friends Are Presbyterian

Published on July 5, 2012

Wanted: Intentional Conversations

Published on June 20, 2012

Interfaith relations: do the math!

Published on June 13, 2012

‘The Orphans’ Club’

Published on May 25, 2012

“Welcome to the orphans’ club.” Many well-intentioned people have said this to me in the last two weeks. On one level, they’re spot on, since my father died fifteen months ago and my mother died earlier this month. I am an orphan, a reluctant inductee into one of the oldest and largest clubs in the world.

About

Published on May 13, 2012

Victor Enrique Lara, L.A. Federation employee dies at 40

Published on August 9, 2011

Rabbi Mark. S. Diamond is executive vice president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The remembrance above was excerpted from Diamond’s eulogy, delivered at Lara’s funeral.

Passover 5770

Published on March 31, 2010

“How different this night is from all other nights!” The familiar singsong of Mah Nishtanah reverberates in Jewish homes throughout the world on Passover eve. What Seder would be complete without the beloved Four Questions chanted by the young and the young-at-heart? These questions are the literary device that introduces the maggid, the embellished Exodus narrative that is the essence of the Pesah celebration. Put another way, the Passover Seder is the quintessential Jewish storytelling experience.

The Ner Tamid: An Appreciation

Published on December 8, 2009

Monday The Rabbi Saw “Basterds”

Published on December 4, 2009