In this special Morning Minyan, Rabbi Lizzi will be joined by Rabbi Steven M. Bob to discuss Rabbi Bob’s new book: When Judaism Began: Exploring the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Join us at our regular Morning Minyan link.

Rabbi Steven M. Bob was Senior Rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard, IL for 35 years. Rabbi Bob serves as a Guest faculty member at Wheaton College and as an Instructor at the Hebrew Seminary for the Hearing and the Deaf. He is a leader of the faculty of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute. He is a recipient of the Rabbi Mordecai Simon Award from the Chicago Board of Rabbis and Rabbi Samuel Cook Award from the CCAR.
His newest book is When Judaism Began: Exploring the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (2026). He is also the author of Go to Nineveh (2013) and Jonah and the Meaning of Our Lives (2016). Ha’aretz named Rabbi Bob as one of the 36 American Jews who helped shape the 2008 Presidential election.