STANDING AT THE SHORES
by Rabbi Joel Nickerson
Each day, Jews offer a prayer in which we imagine ourselves standing at the shores of the Red Sea. With plagues, tyranny, and chaos at our backs, we envision crossing that sea and moving away from personal and collective enslavement towards a land flowing with hope, freedom, and love. So let us take a deep breath, open up our hearts and minds to our deepest potential, and together, may we walk through to the other side, taking one step closer towards our Promised Land. May God Bless Us and Protect Us.
Rabbi Joel Nickerson joined the Clergy of Wilshire Boulevard Temple from Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, where he developed an enthusiastic and devoted congregation over the past 8 years. Prior to his years at Temple Isaiah, he served as a leader at Stanford University’s Hillel, and as a Hillel rabbi at the University of Pennsylvania. Joel has a fascinating background that includes a degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. When not working he loves spending time with his wife, Julia, and their three daughters, enjoying a cup of coffee at a local coffee shop, or taking advantage of the great outdoors.
