Thoughts For The New Year – Rabbi Barry Gelman

Moral cannibalism demands something more than enforcing the boundaries of a group. The accused must participate in their own demise: confess, apologize, accept the indictment, and surrender the part of themselves the group has condemned

Who a society calls a hero is not a minor detail; it’s close to the whole diagnosis.

Jewish members are describing antisemitism within CFA itself as the union presses to weaken protections born of the post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism crisis.

There is a difference between criticism that comes from responsibility and love, and an almost psychological need to prove to the world: I am not one of them.

While so much of the world seems obsessed with and consumed by its hatred of Israel and Jews, Israelis continue to build, create, work, celebrate, argue, raise families, and plan for the future.