Hipster, Hassidim and Morethodoxy – Rabbi Barry Gelman

Ambition over principle. Political gain over integrity. That is his legacy — a legacy stained in shame.

On Purim, re-reading Persia, we stand at the intersection of the past and this very moment. May we merit not merely a temporary cessation of war, but true peace — the ultimate end of all conflict.

When future generations tell your story and mine, which parts will look obvious in hindsight? What opportunities will we have leveraged — and decisions made — that define our legacy?

The nostalgia attached to the ’80s and ’90s often comes from a world where public hanging-out was built into daily life.

For over half a decade, I had seen how the slow drip of antisemitism, carefully enveloped in the language of social justice and human rights, had steadily poisoned people whom I had previously considered perfectly reasonable.

Today, amid rising global antisemitism and uncertainty in the Diaspora, many Anglos considering aliyah are searching not only for housing but for belonging.