# Rabbi Steven Abraham Rabbi Abraham became Beth El’s Rabbi in 2011. He and his wife, Pamela Berkowitz, married in 2023 and have two children, Naama and Leor. He holds degrees from JTS and the Univ of Baltimore and serves on multiple boards. Page: Feed: --- ## [If We Are Not for Ourselves](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/if-we-are-not-for-ourselves) _2026-08-19 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ Jewish self-defense, communal responsibility, and the danger of outsourcing our survival ## [The Guard at the Gate](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/the-guard-at-the-gate) _2026-08-18 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ How American synagogues can remain open, warm, and unmistakably Jewish in an age when security is no longer temporary. ## [The Box We Cannot Check](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/the-box-we-cannot-check) _2026-08-16 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ California didn't invent this question. It just reopened it. ## [The Theology of Ben Sasse](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/the-theology-of-ben-sasse) _2026-08-14 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ I do not know him. ## [What Thomas Friedman Gets Wrong About the Jews](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/what-thomas-friedman-gets-wrong-about) _2026-08-12 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ Why Jewish Self-Determination Is More Than a Formula ## [What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Death?](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/what-do-we-talk-about-when-we-talk) _2026-08-11 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ Before death, we need the courage to speak. After death, we need the courage to listen. ## [Why We Need to Talk About Death](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/why-we-need-to-talk-about-death) _2026-08-11_ Judaism has an entire technology for facing death. We’ve stopped using it. ## [Jewish Dignity Is Not Contingent Upon Jewish Innocence](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/jewish-dignity-is-not-contingent) _2026-08-09 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ Antisemitism is dangerous. The willingness of decent people to explain, excuse, and tolerate it is more dangerous still. ## [Which Jews Does Abdul El-Sayed Care About?](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/which-jews-does-abdul-el-sayed-care) _2026-08-09 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ It is easy to condemn antisemitism. The harder test is whether you will stand with Jews when Jewishness itself becomes politically inconvenient. ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/V4b1eRf0kIXk) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [How Abdul El-Sayed Won, and What Peter Beinart Refuses to See](https://rabbistevenabraham.substack.com/p/how-abdul-el-sayed-won-and-what-peter) _2026-08-06 · Rabbi Steven Abraham_ Fifteen thousand votes, sixty five million dollars, and a story written before the ballots were counted.