Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parashat Yitro with Rabbi Dennis Sasso

Since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack, many Jewish faculty at colleges and universities across the country have been describing their professional lives in language more commonly associated with trauma than academic disagreement.

Remaining politically homeless is not a defeat; it is a commitment to a truth that refuses to be simplified.

If we want to produce Jews who carry Torah in their bones, we need institutions willing to demand that commitment, and not institutions that blame technology for their own unwillingness to insist on rigor.

Herzl recognized nationalism as a powerful but neutral tool, capable of bringing out the best in us – or the beast in us.

If we want a different future, we must be willing to examine what already exists, what has failed, and what is quietly working.