Message From Israel
November 1, 2023
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback is currently in Israel, volunteering through a variety of organizations that are responding to the horrific terrorist attacks on October 7th.
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
The List
November 1, 2023
If there is a silver lining in a moment like this it is the deep appreciation I feel right now for the gift of being part of a people, a family — Am Yisrael.
“Es Brent,” It Burns: Grab a Bucket and Douse the Flames
October 9, 2023
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback’s message from the LA Jewish Community Vigil for Israel hosted by Stephen Wise Temple, October 8, 2023.
Big Tent Judaism
August 29, 2023
If you embrace a Judaism that understands gender equality and inclusion as core to its values system, then you should be willing to fight for it.
Mourning to Dancing, Waiting and Hoping
August 10, 2023
It’s so achingly beautiful to me. A circle of unity. No one in front and no one behind.
The Torah of Trauma
February 8, 2023
I am grateful that our tradition acknowledges the reality of our pain and trauma and encourages us to be thoughtful about ways in which we can avoid such discomfort in the future.
Fighting Back Against “Deaths of Despair”
February 2, 2023
Not only do the tragic deaths in the recent mass shootings serve no purpose, but also it seems that, once again, little will change as a result of the bloodshed. Just more lives lost.
Marching Like a Mensch
January 16, 2023
When we see injustice, when we witness oppression, we are called to be menschen—women and men of integrity, compassion and goodness.
Never Done With Israel
December 31, 2022
As a lifelong Zionist, and as a citizen of Israel, I am deeply concerned about this new government, the most right-wing in Israel’s history.
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