
Israel Pride Remembers the Hostages
A special flag was created for this moment that expands the yellow band of the rainbow in honor of the hostages.

A special flag was created for this moment that expands the yellow band of the rainbow in honor of the hostages.

Jewish American Heritage Month gives us the opportunity to reflect on both the tremendous contributions we have made to this country as well as the extraordinary gifts this country has given us in return.

There are those in each generation, including our own, who rise up to try to destroy us.

Indignity after indignity, pogrom after pogrom, massacre after massacre, come Purim we could imagine a different world, a world turned upside down where we could be victorious.

Even in these dark times, perhaps especially in these dark times, we need to recognize and give thanks for the shefa — the abundance — that exists.

We need more than ever to commit ourselves to the sacred task of igniting the ner tamid and becoming an eternal light of goodness and hope.

The war in Gaza is no genocide, and labeling it as such contributes to the most virulent type of Jew-hatred.

We are the people that persist, that persevere, that hang in there with God day after day, year after year, century after century.

Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback is currently in Israel, volunteering through a variety of organizations that are responding to the horrific terrorist attacks on October 7th.