Marc Howard Wilson

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Filed under: Themes, Tumour Humour

by Rabbi Marc Wilson

AKA “Rabbi Rugless”

Dear Folks:

So sorry for this mass request, but it’s for a good cause.

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Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report

Recipes for the Bipolar Palate

by Rabbi Marc Wilson

AKA “Rabbi Ribeye”

AKA “Rabbiner von Beefsteak”

Have you already figured out that I am as bipolar as a rubber band? When I am up, I am a hyena. When I am down, I make Hamlet look like Jerry Lewis. Thank God for leading-edge medication, an understanding therapist, and a loving and ever-patient wife.

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Cuff links for sale – a Rabbi’s tale

by Rabbi Marc Wilson

Please spare me the bromides about “Clergy are people, too” or “Being a rabbi would make anyone crazy.” This rabbi nearly committed suicide, emotionally abused his wife, berated his congregants in his sermons, sent ugly and grandiose emails, left his congregation in shambles, and departed his pulpit and his spiritual calling in disgrace.

The progression took decades, then sped up to the point of a near-fatality. It began in increasingly protracted episodes of depression. Periods of elation felt like respites of normalcy. Talk-therapy did not help. Patience of family did not help. Turning to God did not help. Antidepressants helped for a while, then lost their efficacy.

My mood swings became so radical, so detached from reality, that Click to continue »