
Two Elections, One People
On October 27, Israelis will elect the 26th Knesset. A week later, on November 3, Americans will vote in pivotal midterm elections.

On October 27, Israelis will elect the 26th Knesset. A week later, on November 3, Americans will vote in pivotal midterm elections.


In this, the season of our renewal, I am proposing a transformational agenda for our Los Angeles Jewish community.

In this New Year, we will find ourselves called upon to carry forward the responsibilities of leadership, the obligations of community building, the requirements of advancing Jewish civic interests.

This “love affair” that Jews appeared to enjoy during this post-Second World War era appears to be coming to an end.

In some measure this experience has a distinctive Jewish component to it, as many of the affected areas are densely settled by Jews.

May we collectively find wholeness and peace amidst the flames.

The results of the 2024 election won’t just shift political power in this nation to the right, as this moment will mark the undoing of the foundations of American Jewish liberalism.

American Jews are awakening to a new political reality concerning our changing status and position in the United States.

Various factors are reshaping the American story, which has profound implications for America’s Jews.