On the evening before Thanksgiving, my synagogue, Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, always gets together with a neighboring church, Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist, for an interfaith service.
Dear Rabbi Wolpe,
I admit it.
As an Orthodox rabbi, I\’m genuinely embarrassed at the moment.
Judging by the recent goings-on in the Jewish book publishing world, where certain Orthodox authors have been taken to task for their controversial writings and books have either been banned, forcibly censored or book tours were canceled, it would seem that we don\’t have our act completely together.
And now, as we are on the brink of war with Iraq, \”The Protocols\” has arisen, phoenix-like, in the land of ancient civilizations, in a new mass-media guise. It is the inspiration of the script of \”Horse Without a Horseman.\”
The new International Criminal Court sounds like such a good idea, why would either the United States or Israel oppose it?
How many times must I sit around the brunch table and listen to my girlfriends lament the lack of decent men in this town?
Jacob spent 20 long years in the home of his father-in-law, Laban, before he could return to the land of Canaan, his home and homeland.
The plight of Argentine Jews hammered by the collapse of their country\’s economy was forcefully brought home to a contingent of Los Angeles Jews this month.
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