Author: Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

To be a Jew is to be a member of a nation set apart, with a sense of empathy and pursuit of justice, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

For Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am Synagogue, a journey to Uganda was a truly unique and enriching experience.

Seeking justice must go hand in hand with the pursuit of truth, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

After centuries of hiding and shapeshifting, Jews can’t allow themselves to be forced into the closet, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

Blending into a crowd protects individuals, but it can also embolden them to say or do things they wouldn’t say or do otherwise, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

Despite technological strides, human beings still need to interact and be in close proximity to each other, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg explains why he was deeply unsettled by the circumstances leading to Harvard president Claudine Gay’s resignation.

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg explains why he worked for the relocation of an Inner Harbor memorial plaque for “the ship that launched a nation.”

System failure is often a feature of life in Baltimore’s labyrinth of bureaucracy, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.