Some may give up hope, but a strong radical center of Judaism enables us to reach out into both directions, accept multiple truths, and say, “Yes, you are right, and I am right too! We can do this together!”
Bruce Pearl is not simply a basketball coach. He is an American Jew whose personal story deeply impacts the words he uses in the press room.
150 Jews gathered in Haifa for the Voice of the People’s Council, an initiative and vision of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog.
What happens when we put ourselves into the art of creating the world that we wish it to be?
The Israel in the news is one of destruction and death, but behind the pictures is a country grasping for life, ordinary people searching for hope and light.
After the Simchat Torah Massacre, a Sinai Temple teenager from our Sinai Temple teen center reached out and asked if I would address the Palisades Charter High School community for a solidarity with Israel program held on the campus quad.
I was aghast to read a letter signed by close to 100 rabbinical students that shamefully ignores Israel’s right, let alone duty, to defend her citizens.
Life must continue, and joy must be recognized and not delayed.
Where was God when … ? We ask this question through the most difficult times in our history, especially this year on the High Holy Days.
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