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Most of the scholars Wiese discusses were rabbis, whether more traditional ones or proponents of radical reform, and this reflects the degree to which secular Jewish Studies, housed in nonsectarian universities, took longer to develop.
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Josh Lambert, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
For backround, in Season 1 of Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Bell, meanwhile, costars with Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This; the series follows an American rabbi (Brody, 45) and an agnostic woman who embark on a romantic relationship despite the odds against them.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Szames, his mother, brother, sister and a rabbi and his five children all hid there until Szames and his family were to move to another location with another family.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Josh Lambert, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
For backround, in Season 1 of Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Bell, meanwhile, costars with Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This; the series follows an American rabbi (Brody, 45) and an agnostic woman who embark on a romantic relationship despite the odds against them.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Szames, his mother, brother, sister and a rabbi and his five children all hid there until Szames and his family were to move to another location with another family.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Rabbi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabbi. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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rabbi
noun
rab·bi
ˈrab-ˌī 
1
: master entry 1 sense 1a, teacher
—used as a term of address for Jewish religious leaders
2
: a professionally trained leader of a Jewish congregation
rabbinic
adjective
rə-ˈbin-ik
ra-
or rabbinical
-i-kəl
Etymology
Old English rabbi "term of address used for Jewish religious leaders," from Latin rabbi (same meaning), from Greek rhabbi (same meaning), from Hebrew rabbī "my master," from rabh "master" and the suffix -ī "my"
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