Mark Rothschild

Mark is the founder of Right At School, the country’s largest and fastest growing afterschool organization. He is also an essayist, an irreverent rabbi, and a fledgling art collector. Learn more at accidentalwisdom.com.

A sign on a hiking trail that has an arrow pointing one way toward "synagogue" and another pointing the other way toward "trail"

The Unusual Way My Family Celebrates Yom Kippur

Mark Rothschild Oct 1, 2025 12:34PM

To the Relative Skipping the Seder This Year

Mark Rothschild Apr 17, 2024 10:39AM

My Jewish Mother Just Discovered She’s Jewish

Mark Rothschild Oct 5, 2023 9:47AM

What This Famous Photo of Elderly Jews Taught Me About My Marriage

Mark Rothschild May 9, 2023 9:00AM

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The Weird Passover Tradition That Makes Me Miss My Dad

Mark Rothschild Mar 30, 2023 9:14AM

My Wife Dared Me to Become a Rabbi

Mark Rothschild Dec 29, 2022 9:11AM

What My Jewish Patients Taught Me About Life, Death and Prayer

Mark Rothschild Nov 1, 2022 10:31AM

My Holocaust Survivor Father Asked Me to Forget Him. I Won’t.

Mark Rothschild Sep 19, 2022 10:23AM

Mark Rothschild

The Unusual Way My Family Celebrates Yom Kippur

To the Relative Skipping the Seder This Year

My Jewish Mother Just Discovered She’s Jewish

What This Famous Photo of Elderly Jews Taught Me About My Marriage

The Weird Passover Tradition That Makes Me Miss My Dad

My Wife Dared Me to Become a Rabbi

What My Jewish Patients Taught Me About Life, Death and Prayer

My Holocaust Survivor Father Asked Me to Forget Him. I Won’t.

Saying the Mourner’s Kaddish at Disneyland

Jewish TV To Watch in February 2026

How This Iconic Yiddish Song Became an Anthem for Black Americans

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Sons Dedicate This Rendition of ‘Mi Sheberach’ to Minneapolis

‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ Is a Super Jewish Documentary About the History-Making Comedian