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Rescuing God
This is the first holiday in 45 years that Rabbi Harold Schulweis will not be on the bima. In his memory we offer this sermon.
American Jews and the Israeli election
If there is one lesson American Jews will learn from Israel’s election, it’s this: they’re not us.
Why Chanukah matters
There’s a certain narrative about Chanukah that has become near conventional wisdom among American Jews, and it goes like this:
Hillary Clinton, Israel and the Jews
Last month, I read an opinion piece in a Jewish publication wrongfully accusing Hillary Clinton of being anti-Israel and not fighting for the issues that matter most to Jewish Americans.
On packed flight to Israel, hundreds of American Jews, emboldened by Gaza crisis, start lives anew
Strengthened by crisis in Gaza, hundreds of Jews on a Monday aliyah flight to Israel share their stories.
Palestinians support extending negotiations if more prisoners released
A new poll found that 65 percent of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza would support extending the current American-backed peace talks if Israel releases extra Palestinian prisoners.
Jonathan Pollard case is about America
America is far from being an anti-Semitic country. In fact, it might be the first country in Jewish history where it’s actually “cool” to be Jewish. That’s one reason I’ve been so reluctant over the years to weigh in on the Jonathan Pollard affair — I’m so in love with this country and all it’s done for the Jews that the last thing I want is to appear ungrateful or, worse, disloyal.
The minimum wage battle: What makes a wage just?
Raising the minimum wage is a mitzvah. The Rambam says that ensuring others have work that can sustain them is the highest rung on the hierarchy of tzedakah (Mattanot Aniyim, 10:7).
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