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Hello. I’m Rabbi Brian. This is a new year, and this is the new, first 2025 issue of The 77% Weekly Newsletter. History!!!Where did the

  To play you’ll need: a person’s name an annoying thing that person does an idiom like “bang your head against a wall.” — _____ (person’s

  Jerusalem, 1993 Rabbi Ben Hollander stands at the front of the classroom in a wardrobe from the 1970s. You can tell, based on a

“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am

Since the election, I’ve been having a hard time. (You might be having a hard time too.)   Please see me. I am disappointed, exhausted,

We don’t know how things are going to go. And it’s terrifying. Funny thing to keep in mind: the terrifying things of the past never

Please set an alarm for 8:30pm. When it goes off, answer the following: Was it a good enough day? (y/n) The answer might be no.

Despite the possibility of even our own selves not believing it, we are enough. We are enough. Despite the possibility of even you not believing

This is to read as a follow-up to last week’s article about October 7th.It is a section from Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel, “2:3 Religion

October 7. Hopeful Nonetheless   When I was a child, the important January dates were January 1 (New Year’s Day) and January 8 (my birthday). 

I’ve heard authors (and other artists) say: “The work came through me.”   I understand that feeling. When I was writing the book, I felt

It’s the first Monday of the month. Amazing. First Monday newsletters tend to be a bit more chatty, a bit more rambling. This one is

30 That bad       Friday afternoon. I’m working on the ePub (digital version) of my book. It’s not coming out as I envisioned,

    My friend Tal introduced me to the poem “Butter Knife” by poet Hollie McNish. Here’s an excerpt:   my heart has pumped for

A Reading from the opening chapters ofRabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel   1:1 Radical Openness To Love Imagine you and I are in a fantastic,