Brad HirschfieldBrad Hirschfield

Brad Hirschfield is the co-founder and co-executive editor of The Wisdom Daily. A rabbi, Brad has been featured on ABC's Nightline UpClose, PBS's Frontline, Fox News and National Public Radio. He wrote a long-standing column, "For God's Sake," for the Washington Post, and has also written for The Huffington Post and Beliefnet.com. He authored the book, You Don?t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Brad also serves as President of Clal, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leadership training institute, think tank and resource center in New York City.

Sex With God

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A new study says those who are religious can either have great or lesser sexual satisfaction based on how they live out their sex lives. But the lessons in this study go beyond religious identity.

VIDEO: It’s Time To Remove The Politics From The Death Penalty

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This week U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who shot and killed nine people at a Charleston, SC church last year. Whether you believe in the death penalty or not, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, decisions around the death penalty should not be driven by politics, but rather “by the awareness of what it means to take another life because the life we are taking has taken yet other lives.”

The Bright Side Of Selfies

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This week’s big psychology headline: “Selfie-Takers More Likely to Overestimate Their Attractiveness, Study Finds”. But what if there was more to the story than just narcissism?

VIDEO: How Should We React To George Zimmerman Selling His Gun?

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In a move that elicited outrage, disbelief and a range of other emotions, George Zimmerman put up for auction the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin in 2012. Martin claimed the gun was “an American Firearm icon”. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield now explores what the appropriate reaction should be, from disgust to humor.