Episode 72

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2nd Jun 2024

The Chief Rabbi of Western Fairfax County Virginia

Judaism does not have a central authority that can declare who is Jewish and who isn’t. Nor is there anyone who can declare what is Jewish and what isn’t.

The Jewish Community decides what is Jewish

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The Wisdom of Rabbi Block
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There are many ways to understand God. And your way is valid, because you have a unique place in the universe. Rabbi Block’s wisdom will help you find your place in this world and the next.

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Keneth Block

Rabbi Kenneth Block graduated from Boston College in 1968 and was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1974, and is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Rabbi Block retired after 40 years as an addiction Chaplain for the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care Systems, as the Chaplain for the Bel Air, Maryland Volunteer Fire Company, as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine , and Chaplain for the Maryland State Firemen's Association. He was a volunteer for the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington was is a volunteer Chaplain for Capital Caring Hospice.