Variety Topics Talk

Rabbi Mark Borovitz is an Addiction & Criminal Rehabilitation Expert and will be telling us about his incredible journey from Mobster to Rabbi, as well as telling us more about his latest book, Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah: A Daily Spiritual Path to Wholeness (Jewish Lights Publishing).  Rabbi Mark was Officially ordained in 2000 at the University of Judaism with a Master’s in Rabbinic Literature, and combined his knowledge of Torah and street smarts to shape his calling: helping recovering addicts find their way in the world. Spiritual Leader, Author, Senior Rabbi, CEO, ex-con, recovering alcoholic, and overall anomaly, he is able to reach both the addict and the congregant, and de-stigmatize this life threatening disease. As the CEO and Senior Rabbi of Beit T’Shuvah, a nonprofit, non-sectarian, Jewish addiction treatment center and synagogue community in Los Angeles, Rabbi Mark’s leadership is unparalleled. After being released from prison in 1988 he began his work at Beit T’Shuvah. Over the p