Speaking Opportunities

Rabbi Rothwachs is available to lecture on a wide variety of topics to audiences of different backgrounds, levels, and interests. Below is a sample of topics of particular interest.

Psychology and Relationships

  • Marriage and Emotional Connection
  • Parenting in Times of Crisis
  • Boundaries and Family Dynamics
  • Emotional Regulation and Coping (DBT-Informed)
  • Dating and Relationship Readiness
  • Eating Disorders and Food Relationships
  • Supporting Families Through Mental Health Challenges
  • Validation in Parenting and Relationships

Personal Growth and Contemporary Challenges

  • Parenting and Adolescent Development
  • Addiction and Behavioral Patterns
  • Time Management and Competing Demands
  • Decision-Making and the Paradox of Choice
  • Technology, Distraction, and Modern Life
  •  Identity, Pressure, and Social Expectations

Leadership and Community

  • Leadership Sustainability in Rabbinic Life
  • Boundaries in Public Leadership
  • Conflict and Communal Dynamics
  • The Emotional Demands of Rabbinic Leadership
  • Mental Health in the Community
  • Rabbinic Authority and Decision-Making
  • Community, Belonging, and Disconnection

Torah, Halacha, and Hashkafa

  • Teshuva, Change, and Personal Growth
  • The Role of Halacha in Modern Life
  • Navigating Tension Between Values and Practice
  • Spiritual Growth in a Distracted World
  • Ethical and Social Issues in Contemporary Jewish Life

Selected Media & Interviews

Media Appearances & Podcasts

18Forty Podcast — Father and Daughter Through Distance While Battling an Eating Disorder

18Forty Finance Debate — Rabbi Larry Rothwachs and Leslie Ginsparg Klein

Orthodox Conundrum — Different Roles, Different Relationships, & Different Skills: Rabbinic Counseling and Psychotherapy

Halacha Headlines — When to Go to a Rav, When to a Therapist: Preparing Future Rabbonim

Halacha Headlines — Sacred Roles, Serious Risks: When Rabbis, Male Therapists, and Kiruv Professionals Work with Women

YUTorah — Tending the Flock, Tending the Self

Mental Health and Psak (YouTube)

Mental Health and Rabbinic Guidance (YouTube)

Published Writing

Mental Illness, Stigma, and the Jewish Community: Achieving Lasting Change

Supporting Rabbis and Protecting Congregants: A Shared Communal Responsibility

The Secret Spread: Sports Betting and the New Addiction No One Is Talking About

A Private Shiva: Comforting a Subject, Not Handling an Object

A Private Shiva: Continuing the Conversation and Responding to Concerns

Our Community and Substance Use: Next Steps

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